Judges 17:1

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There was a man from the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

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  • Josh 15:9 : 9 From the top of the mountain, the boundary extended to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, went out to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then the boundary was marked out to Baalah (which is Kiriath-jearim).
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 The descendants of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, 'Why have you given us just one lot and one portion for an inheritance, when we are a numerous people, as the LORD has blessed us to this point?' 15 Joshua said to them, 'If you are so numerous, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the territory of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.' 16 The descendants of Joseph replied, 'The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its surrounding villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.' 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh: 'You are a numerous people and strong. You shall not have just one allotment of land,' 18 but the hill country shall be yours. Though it is a forest, you can clear it, and its farthest limits shall be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong.
  • Judg 10:1 : 1 After Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

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  • Judg 17:2-13
    12 verses
    79%

    2He said to his mother, 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and even spoke it in my hearing—look, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said, 'May the LORD bless my son!'

    3Then he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, 'I hereby consecrate this silver to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will now return it to you.'

    4So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house.

    5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and he consecrated one of his sons to become his priest.

    6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

    7There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, from the family of Judah. He was a Levite, and he was residing there temporarily.

    8The man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to find a place to stay. He traveled until he reached the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house as part of his journey.

    9Micah asked him, 'Where are you coming from?' He replied, 'I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am traveling to find a place to stay.'

    10Micah said to him, 'Stay with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a set of clothes, and your living expenses.' The Levite agreed to stay.

    11The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became like one of his own sons.

    12Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house.

    13Then Micah said, 'Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because I have a Levite as my priest.'

  • Judg 18:13-15
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    78%

    13From there they continued on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at Micah's house.

    14Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, 'Do you know that in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast idol? Now think about what you should do.'

    15So they turned aside there and went to the house of the young Levite, at Micah's house, and asked him how he was doing.

  • Mic 1:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

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

    2Listen, all you peoples; pay attention, Earth and all that fills it! The Lord God will act as a witness against you from His holy temple.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1There was a man from Ramathaim-Zophim, in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

  • Judg 18:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2The Danites sent five men from their clans, strong and valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, 'Go and explore the land.' When they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to Micah's house, they stayed there for the night.

    3As they were near Micah's house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite. They turned aside and said to him, 'Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? And what is your purpose here?'

    4He said to them, 'Micah did such and such for me. He hired me, and I became his priest.'

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

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

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

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

    34The son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal fathered Micah.

    35The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

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

    40The son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah.

    41The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, and Tahrea.

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

    11When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18When they entered Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the household gods, and the cast idol, the priest said to them, 'What are you doing?'

    19They answered him, 'Be quiet! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Isn’t it better for you to be a priest for a tribe and a clan in Israel rather than for one man's household?'

  • Jer 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And some of the elders of the land stood up and spoke to the whole assembly of the people, saying:

    18'Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mount will become overgrown with thickets.”'

  • 1 Chr 9:37
    69%

    37He also had Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 27:18
    69%

    18Over Judah was Elihu, one of David's brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael.

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was staying temporarily in Gibeah, though the people of the place were Benjaminites.

    17When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man asked, "Where are you going, and where have you come from?"

    18The man answered, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I have been to Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to the house of the Lord, but no one has taken me into their home.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    68%

    1There was a man from the tribe of Benjamin named Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, from the tribe of Benjamin, a man of great standing.

  • Ruth 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to live temporarily in the fields of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.

    2The man's name was Elimelech, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They came to the fields of Moab and settled there.

  • Neh 10:11
    67%

    11and their brothers: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

  • 1 Chr 23:20
    67%

    20The descendants of Uzziel: Micah was the chief and Isshiah the second.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
    67%

    8So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, 'Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.'

  • Josh 17:7
    67%

    7The territory of Manasseh stretched from Asher to Michmethath, which is near Shechem. Then the boundary ran southward to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    67%

    9So the king of Israel called an officer and said, 'Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.'

  • Mal 1:1
    66%

    1This is the message of the LORD to Israel, delivered through Malachi.

  • Judg 18:26
    66%

    26So the Danites continued on their way, and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he was, he turned and went back to his house.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12Now David was the son of an Ephrathite man named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time, he was old and advanced in years.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35In Gibeon lived Jeiel, the father of Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

  • Neh 11:31
    65%

    31The descendants of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aija, Bethel, and its surrounding villages.