Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim New Living Translation There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. English Standard Version There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Berean Standard Bible Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim King James Bible And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. New King James Version Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. New American Standard Bible Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. NASB 1995 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. NASB 1977 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. Legacy Standard Bible Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. Amplified Bible There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. Christian Standard Bible There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah. Holman Christian Standard Bible There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah. American Standard Version And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Contemporary English Version Micah belonged to the Ephraim tribe and lived in the hill country. English Revised Version And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. GOD'S WORD® Translation There was a man named Micah from the mountain region of Ephraim. Good News Translation There was once a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. International Standard Version A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region of the territory of Ephraim. Majority Standard Bible Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim NET Bible There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country. New Heart English Bible There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Webster's Bible Translation And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. World English Bible There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Micah, Young's Literal Translation And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name is Micah, Smith's Literal Translation And there will be a man of mount Ephraim and his name Micah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThere was at that time a man of mount Ephraim whose name was Michas, Catholic Public Domain Version In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah. New American Bible There was a man from the mountain region of Ephraim whose name was Micah. New Revised Standard Version There was a man in the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAND there was a man from mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And there was one man from the Mountain of Aphreim and his name was Mikah OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. Brenton Septuagint Translation And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Micah's Idolatry1Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have the silver here with me; I took it.” Then his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD!”… Cross References Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 2:10-11 After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel. / And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. Deuteronomy 12:8 You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes. Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. 1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. 1 Kings 12:28-30 After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. 2 Kings 17:10-12 They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. / They burned incense on all the high places like the nations that the LORD had driven out before them. They did wicked things, provoking the LORD to anger. / They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.” Hosea 8:4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. Isaiah 44:13-20 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine. / He cuts down cedars or retrieves a cypress or oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. / It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. ... Jeremiah 10:3-5 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” Matthew 15:9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’” Mark 7:7-9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’ / You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.” / He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition. Romans 1:21-23 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. Treasury of Scripture And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. A. Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. Judges 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. Joshua 15:9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: Jump to Previous Country Ephraim E'phraim Hill Hill-Country Micah MountJump to Next Country Ephraim E'phraim Hill Hill-Country Micah MountJudges 17 1. Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes idols5. And he makes ornaments for them 7. He hires a Levite to be his priest Now there was a man This phrase introduces a new narrative, signaling a shift in focus from the broader events of Israel to a more personal story. The Hebrew word for "man" here is "ish," which can denote not just a male individual but also a person of significance or standing. This introduction sets the stage for a account that, while seemingly small in scope, reveals much about the spiritual and moral state of Israel during the time of the Judges. from the hill country of Ephraim named Micah A man of mount Ephraim.--The hill-district of Ephraim, as in Judges 2:9. The Talmud (Sanhedr. 103, b) says that he lived at Garab, not far from Shiloh, but the name ("a blotch") is probably a term of scorn (Deuteronomy 28:27). Similarly, we find in Perachim, 117, a, that he lived at Bochi. (See Judges 2:1-5.) Most of the idolatrous violations of the second commandment occurred in the northern kingdom (Gideon, Judges 8:27; Micah, Judges 17; Jeroboam, 1 Kings 12, 13). These apostasies were not a worship of other gods, but a worship of the true God under unauthorised conditions, and with forbidden images. Whose name was Micah.--Scripture does not deem it necessary to say anything more about him. His very name--here Micayeh-, "Who is like Jehovah "--seems to show that he had been trained by pious parents. The contraction Micah is adopted throughout the rest of the story. Verse 1. - We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty deeds in delivering Israel from his oppressors, but with two detached histories, which fill up the rest of the book, relating to the internal affairs of Israel. There is no note of time, except that they happened before the time of Saul the king (Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1), and. that Phinehas the son of Eleazar was alive at the time of the occurrence of the second (Judges 20:28). Both, no doubt, are long prior to Samson. The only apparent connection of the history of Micah with that of Samson is that both relate to the tribe of Dan, and it may be presumed were contained in the annals of that tribe. Compare the opening of the Books of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). Mount Ephraim; i.e. the hill country of Ephraim, as in Judges 3:27; Judges 7:24, etc.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Now there wasוַֽיְהִי־ (way·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a man אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person from the hill country מֵֽהַר־ (mê·har-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of Ephraim אֶפְרָ֖יִם (’ep̄·rā·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory named וּשְׁמ֥וֹ (ū·šə·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Micah. מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ (mî·ḵā·yə·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4319: Micaiah Links Judges 17:1 NIVJudges 17:1 NLT Judges 17:1 ESV Judges 17:1 NASB Judges 17:1 KJV Judges 17:1 BibleApps.com Judges 17:1 Biblia Paralela Judges 17:1 Chinese Bible Judges 17:1 French Bible Judges 17:1 Catholic Bible OT History: Judges 17:1 There was a man of the hill (Jd Judg. 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