Judg 17:1-3, Hos 4:17 | ESV | STEP | There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim , whose name was Micah .

Judges 17:1-3

Micah and the Levite

1 There was a man of ^athe hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother said, ^b“Blessed be my son by the Lord.” 3 And he restored the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother. And his mother said, “I dedicate the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son, to make ^ca carved image and ^da metal image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.”

Hosea 4:17

17 ^eEphraim is joined to idols;
^fleave him alone.