Judg 17:1-6 | ESV | STEP | There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim , whose name was Micah .

Judges 17:1-6

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.” 4 So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother ^etook 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made ^fan ephod and ^ghousehold gods, and ^hordained ^{▼▼Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12} one of his sons, who became his priest. 6 ^jIn those days there was no king in Israel. ^kEveryone did what was right in his own eyes.