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Micah

Mentioned 1418–1405 BC traditional (Jones)

A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Palestine, and for the purpose also of illustrating the lawlessness of the times in which he lived (Judg. 18; 19:1-29; 21:25).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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17 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Micah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. possible location: Eshtaol1
  2. location not graded: Laish1
  3. likely location: Zorah1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1443–1380 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

17 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Judges17

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBMicah 33
KJVMicah 30
ASVMicah 33

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Every verse

All 17 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Judges17 verses
  1. 17:1

    Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim

  2. 17:4

    So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.

  3. 17:5

    Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

  4. 17:8

    This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

  5. 17:9

    “Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

  6. 17:10

    “Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

  7. 17:12

    Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

  8. 17:13

    Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

  9. 18:2

    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

  10. 18:3

    And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

  11. 18:4

    “Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

  12. 18:13

    And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

  13. 18:15

    So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

  14. 18:22

    After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

  15. 18:23

    When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

  16. 18:26

    So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

  17. 18:27

    After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Palestine, and for the purpose also of illustrating the lawlessness of the times in which he lived (Judg. 18; 19:1-29; 21:25).