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CHAPTER XVII
_Micah, an Ephraimite, restores to his mother_ eleven hundred
_shekels of silver, which he had taken from her_, 1, 2.
_She dedicates this to God; and out of a part of it makes a_
_gra...
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See the introduction to the Book of Judges. The only point of contact
with the preceding history of Samson is, that we are still concerned
with the tribe of Dan. See Judges 18:1, note. Josephus combin...
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III. THE APPENDIX: ISRAEL'S INTERNAL CORRUPTION
1. Micah's and Dan's Idolatry and Its Punishment
CHAPTER 17 The Images Made and the Hired Priest
_ 1. The stolen money restored and the images (Judge...
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JUDGES 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It
explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the _naî veté_
of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a
f...
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MICAH'S GRAVEN IMAGE. The dread of a curse, uttered by an indignant
mother against the unknown thief of her money, made the culprit, her
own son, confess his guilt. At a certain stage of religious
dev...
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MOUNT. hill country of Ephraim, where Joshua dwelt and was buried
(Joshua 24:30)....
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_the hill country of Ephraim_ See on Judges 3:27. In view of its
subsequent connexion with the sanctuary at Dan, some think that
Micah's house was at Beth-el. The narrative, however, leaves the
situat...
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DOUBLE APPENDIX Judges 17:1 to Judges 21:25
The Idolatry of Dan Judges 17:1 to Judges 18:31
Micah's Images...
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_AND THERE WAS A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, WHOSE NAME WAS MICAH._
A man of mount Ephraim - i:e., the mountainous parts of Ephraim. This
and the other narratives that follow form a miscellaneous collectio...
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THE STORY OF MICAH
This story, which is continued in the following c, is undoubtedly a
very old one. In striking contrast to many other narrative portions of
the Old Testament, there is in the body of...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
V1 There was a man called Micah from the hilly country where
Ephraim’s *tribe lived. V2 He said to his mother, ‘Someone stole
the 1100 pieces of...
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THERE WAS. — The Vulg. has, “there was _at that time”_ which is
an error, for these events happened before the days of Samson.
A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM. — The hill-district of Ephraim, as in Judges
2:9....
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וַֽ יְהִי ־אִ֥ישׁ מֵֽ הַר ־אֶפְרָ֖יִם
וּ
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THE STOLEN GODS
Judges 17:1, Judges 18:1
THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth
chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with
that which has gone b...
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Here begins the final section of the Book of Judges which is of the
nature of an appendix. The events here recorded must have taken place
closely following the death of Joshua. They give us a picture...
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And there (a) was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
(a) Some think this history was in the time of Othniel, or as Josephus
writes, immediately after Joshua....
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At that time, is not in the Hebrew or Septuagint. It only means that
the event which is recorded took place at some time, which the sacred
writer does not determine. We should conclude, that the histo...
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CONTENTS
The subject of this, and all that remains in the book of the Judges,
puts on a different complection from what went before. The Reader will
recollect the title it bears: the transactions here...
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Observe how, out of the same mouth, when there is no grace in the
heart, come cursings or blessings. It seems very plain that money was
the idol of both. Hence the son robbed the mother, and the mothe...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21.
The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical
order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of
the...
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AND THERE WAS A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM,.... This and the four following
Chapter s contain an history of facts, which were done not after the
death of Samson, as some have thought, and as they may seem a...
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And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
Ver. 1. _And there was a man._] The Vulgate hath it, And at that time
there was a man, &c. And some Rabbins say that this fell out soon
a...
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Here begins what may be called a supplement to the book of Judges;
which gives an account of several memorable transactions, in or about
the time of the judges: whose history the author would not inte...
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1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother
maketh Images,
5 and hee ornaments for them.
6 He hireth a Leuite to be his Priest.
1 AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose na...
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And there was a man of Mount Ephraim whose name was Micah. The fine
meaning of this man's name, "who is like Jehovah," does not change the
fact that the evils of the period were growing, that the deca...
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THE MAKING OF THE IMAGE...
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BOLD IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL
(vv. 1-13)
Samson was the last judge in Israel. The last five Chapter s of Judges
-- 17 to 21 -- deal with conditions during the time of the Judges, so
do not necessarily tak...
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1-6 What is related in this, and the rest of the chapters to the end
of this book, was done soon after the death of Joshua: see chap.
Judges 20:28. That it might appear how happy the nation was under...
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JUDGES CHAPTER 17 Micah stealeth money of his mother; then confesseth
and restoreth it. She dedicates it to the Lord; maketh images: he sets
them up in the house of his gods; and consecrates one of hi...
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Judges 17:1 man H376 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 name H8034 Micah
H4321
there was - Judges 17:6
mount -...
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Judges 17 . MICAH AND THE LEVITE.
This chapter illustrates the rise of idolatry and disobedience to
Yahweh in Israel after the death of Joshua. It is illustrated from an
incident which occurred in the...
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CONTENTS: Micah's worship in self will.
CHARACTERS: Micah, his mother, a Levite.
CONCLUSION: The love of money makes much mischief; destroys the duty
and comfort of every relation and frequently lea...
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Judges 17:1. _A man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah._ This was
soon after the death of Joshua, says Josephus, and before the civil
war with Benjamin.
Judges 17:2. _About which thou cursedst._...
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_Micah._
MICAH’S MOTHER
In the second verse of this chapter Micah makes a clean confession of
a great wrong which he had done to his mother. “It seems,” says
Matthew Henry, “that this old woman, with...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 17:1 The Depths of Israel’s Unfaithfulness.
Whereas chs. Judges 2:1 describe external threats to Israel, chs....
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IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP
(Judges 17:1.)
_HOMILETICS_
I. IDOLATRY BEGINS WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOT UPRIGHT IN MORAL CONDUCT.
Judges 17:1.
Micah himself is first heard of as stea...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 17:1
We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which
has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty
deeds in delivering Israel from his oppr...
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At this point the book of Judges, as far as its history, ends. What
remains in the book of Judges is not now in chronological order. This
is an appendix to the book of Judges as we get into chapter se...
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Joshua 15:9; Joshua 17:14; Judges 10:1...
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There was, &c. — The things mentioned here, and in the following
chapters, did not happen in the order in which they are put; but much
sooner, even presently after the death of the elders that over —...