Judges 17:1
“And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.”
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Judges 17:1 Context
1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2And he said vnto his mother, The eleuen hundred shekels of siluer, that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine eares, behold, the siluer is with mee, I tooke it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my sonne. 3And when hee had restored the eleuen hundred shekels of siluer to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the siluer vnto the Lord, from my hand, for my sonne, to make a grauen image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it vnto thee.
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Other Translations for Judges 17:1
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
- King James Version
Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim named Micah.
- Basic English Bible
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Darby Bible
And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Webster's Bible
There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- World English Bible
And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 17:1
17:1 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 - lived Joshua, as appears, because Phinehas the son of Eleazar was priest at this time, chap.#20:28|, who must have been about 350 years old, if this had been done after Samson's death.