Judges 17:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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  • Josh 15:9 : 9 and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath-jearim);
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me? 15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only: 18 but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
  • Judg 10:1 : 1 And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 17:2-13
    12 verses
    79%

    2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah.

    3And he restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

    4And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

    5And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

    6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

    7And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

    8And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

    9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place] .

    10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.

    11And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.

    13Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

    14Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

    15And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

  • Mic 1:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

    2Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

  • Judg 18:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

    3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

    4And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest.

  • 1 Chr 24:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

    25The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

  • 1 Chr 8:34-35
    2 verses
    70%

    34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

    35And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

  • 1 Chr 9:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

    41And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz] .

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

    11And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye?

    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • Jer 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,

    18Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

  • 1 Chr 9:37
    69%

    37and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 27:18
    69%

    18of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

    18And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah: and I am [now] going to the house of Jehovah; and there is no man that taketh me into his house.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    68%

    1Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

  • Ruth 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    2And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

  • Neh 10:11
    67%

    11Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

  • 1 Chr 23:20
    67%

    20The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
    67%

    8Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

  • Josh 17:7
    67%

    7And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    67%

    9Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

  • Mal 1:1
    66%

    1The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.

  • Judg 18:26
    66%

    26And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:

  • Neh 11:31
    65%

    31The children of Benjamin also [dwelt] from Geba [onward], at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof,