Judges 17

1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images;

5 and he ornaments for them.

7 He hires a Levite to be his priest.

A.M. 2585. B.C. 1419. An. Ex. Is. 72. there was.It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy. (ver. 6.)

mount.

10:1; Jos 15:9; 17:14-18

about, etc.Houbigant renders this, "and for which you put me to my oath."

cursedst.

5:23; De 27:16; 1Sa 14:24,28; 26:19; Ne 13:25; Jer 48:10; Mt 26:74

Ro 9:3; 1Co 16:22

I took it.

Pr 28:24

Blessed.

Ge 14:19; 24:30,31; Ex 20:7; Ru 3:10; 1Sa 23:21; Ne 13:25; Ps 10:3

2Jo 1:11

I had wholly.

13; 18:5; Isa 66:3

a graven image.

Ex 20:4,23; Le 19:4; De 12:3; Ps 115:4-8; Isa 40:18-25; 44:9-20

Jer 10:3-5,8; Hab 2:18,19; Joh 16:2

two hundred.

Isa 46:6,7; Jer 10:9,10

an house of gods. or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "ahouse of God."

18:24; Ge 31:30; Ezr 1:7; Ho 8:14

ephod.

8:27; 18:14; Ex 28:4,15; 1Sa 23:6

teraphim.

Ge 31:19,30; *marg:

Ho 3:4

consecrated. Heb. filled the hand.

Ex 29:9; 1Ki 12:31; 13:33,34; Heb 5:4

his sons.

Ex 24:5

no king.

18:1; 19:1; 21:3,25; Ge 36:31; De 33:5

right.

De 12:8; Ps 12:4; Pr 12:15; 14:12; 16:2; Ec 11:9; Jer 44:16,17

Beth-lehem-judah.

19:1,2; Ge 35:19; Jos 19:15; Ru 1:1,2; Mic 5:2; Mt 2:1,5,6

of the family.That is, of the tribe of Judah by his mother; and of that of Levi by his father.

departed.

11; Ne 13:10,11

as he journeyed. Heb. in making his way.

9

a father.

11; 18:19; Ge 45:8; 2Ki 6:21; 8:8,9; 13:14; Job 29:16; Isa 22:21

I will give.

18:20; 1Sa 2:36; Eze 13:19; Mt 26:15; Joh 12:6; 1Ti 6:10; 1Pe 5:2

a suit of apparel. or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order ofgarments.

11

consecrated.

5

his priest.

18:30; Nu 16:5,8-10; 1Ki 12:31; 13:33,34

Pr 14:12; Isa 44:20; 66:3,4; Mt 15:9,13; Joh 16:2; Ac 26:9

Ro 10:2,3
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