Judges 17:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

There was a man of mount Ephraim, named Micah.

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  • Josh 15:9 : 9 And then it compasseth from the top of the hill vnto the fountaine of the water of Nephthoah, and goeth out of the cities of mount Ephron, and draweth to Baala, which is Kiriathiarim.
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 And the children of Ioseph spake vnto Iosuah, saying: Why hast thou geue me but one lotte and one portion to inherite, seyng I am a great people, and forasmuche as the Lorde hath blessed me hytherto? 15 And Iosuah auswered them: If thou be much people, then get thee vp to the wood countrey and prepare for thy selfe there in the lande of the Pherezites and of the Giauntes, yf mount Ephraim be to narowe for thee. 16 And the children of Ioseph sayd, The hill is not ynough for vs: And all ye Chanaanites that dwel in the lowe countrey haue charettes of iron, and so haue they that inhabite Bethlean & the townes of the same, and they also that dwell in the valley of Iezreel. 17 And Iasuah sayde vnto the house of Ioseph, Ephraim, & Manasses: Ye be much people, and haue great power, and shall not therfore haue one lotte. 18 Therfore the hyll shalbe yours, and ye shall cut downe the wood that is in it: and the endes of it shalbe yours, yf ye cast out the Chananaites which haue iron charettes, and are very strong.
  • Judg 10:1 : 1 After Abimelech, there arose to defende Israel Thola the sonne of Phuah the sonne of Dodo, a man of Isachar, whiche dwelt in Sanur in mount Ephraim.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 And the children of Dan sent of their kynred fyue actiue men in feates of warre out of their coastes, euen out of Zaraah & Esthaol, to viewe the lande and searche it out, and sayde vnto them: Go, and searche out the lande. Which whan they came to mount Ephraim, euen to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 17:2-13
    12 verses
    79%

    2And he sayde vnto his mother: The seuen hundred siluerlynges that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest it in myne eares, behold the syluer is with me, I toke it away. And his mother sayd: Blessed be thou my sonne, in the Lorde.

    3And when he had restored the leuen hundreth syluerlynges to his mother, his mother sayde: I had dedicated the syluer vnto the Lorde of myne hande for thee my sonne, that thou shouldest make a grauen and moulten image: Now therfore I will geue it thee agayne.

    4And when he restored the money vnto his mother, his mother toke two hundreth syluerlynges, and gaue them the founder, which made therof a grauen moulten image, and it was in the house of Micah.

    5And the man Micah had an house of goddes, and made an Ephod and Theraphim, and consecrated one of his sonnes, which became his prieste.

    6In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel, but euery man dyd that which was good in his owne eyes.

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda, of the kynred of Iuda, which young man was a Leuite, & soiourned there.

    8And the man departed out of the citie of Bethlehem Iuda, to go dwell where he coulde fynde a conuenient place: And he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah as he iourneyed.

    9And Micah sayde vnto him: Whence comest thou? The Leuite aunswered hym: I am of Bethlehem Iuda, and go to dwell where I may fynde a place.

    10And Micah sayde agayne vnto hym: Dwell with me, and be vnto me a father and a prieste, and I will geue thee ten syluerlynges by yere, two garmentes, and thy meate and dryncke. So the Leuite went in.

    11And ye Leuite was content to dwell with the man, and was vnto hym as one of his owne sonnes.

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

    13Then sayde Micah: Now I am sure that the Lord will be good vnto me, seing I haue a Leuite to my prieste.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13And they went thence vnto mount Ephraim, & came vnto the house of Micah.

    14Then aunswered the fiue men that went to spye out the countrey of Lais, and saide vnto their brethren: Wot ye not that there is in these houses an Ephod, Theraphim, and a grauen and a moulten image? Nowe therfore consider what ye haue to do.

    15And they turned thytherwarde, and came to the house of the young man the Leuite, euen vnto the house of Micah, and saluted hym peaceablie.

  • Mic 1:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite, in the dayes of Iotham, Ahas, & Hezekiah, kinges of Iuda, which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem.

    2Heare all ye people, marke this well O earth and all that therein is: yea let the Lorde God him selfe be witnesse against you, euen the Lorde from his holy temple.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1There was a man of one of the two Ramathaim Zophim, of mout Ephraim, named Elkana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Thohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

  • Judg 18:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2And the children of Dan sent of their kynred fyue actiue men in feates of warre out of their coastes, euen out of Zaraah & Esthaol, to viewe the lande and searche it out, and sayde vnto them: Go, and searche out the lande. Which whan they came to mount Ephraim, euen to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3And when they were in the house of Micah, they knewe the voyce of the young man the Leuite: And when they turned in thyther, they sayde vnto him: Who brought thee thyther? What makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

    4And he aunswered them: Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hyred me, and I am become his priest.

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

    24Of the sonnes of Uzziel, Micha: Of the sonnes of Micha, Samir.

    25The brother of Micha was Issia: Of the sonnes also of Issia, Zechariahu.

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

    34And the sonne of Iehonathan was Meribbaal, & Meribbaal begat Micah.

    35And the sonnes of Micah were Piton, Melech, Tharea, and Ahaz.

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

    40And the sonne of Iehonathan, was Meribbaal: And Meribbaal begat Micah.

    41And the sonnes of Micah, were: Pithon, Melech, and Thahrea.

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

    11Now when Micheas the sonne of Gamariah, the sonne of Saphan, heard all the wordes of the lord out of the booke,

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18Whyle the other went into Micahs house, and fet the carued image, the Ephod, Theraphim, and the moulten image: Then saide the priest vnto them, what do ye?

    19They aunswered hym: Holde thy peace, lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest vnto the house of one man, then to be a priest vnto a tribe or kynred in Israel?

  • Jer 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17The elders also of the lande stoode vp, and sayde thus vnto all the people.

    18Micheas the Morasthite, which was a prophete vnder Ezekias kyng of Iuda, spake to all the people of Iuda, thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, Sion shalbe plowed like a fielde, Hierusalem shalbe an heape of stones, and the hyll of the Lordes house shalbe turned to an hye wood.

  • 1 Chr 9:37
    69%

    37Gedor, Ahio, Zacharia, and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 27:18
    69%

    18Among them of Iuda, Elihu of the brethren of Dauid: Among them of Issachar, Omri the sonne of Michael.

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16And behold, there came an olde man from his worke, out of the fielde at eue, which was also of mount Ephraim, and dwelt as a straunger in Gibea: But the men of the place, were the children of Iemini.

    17And when he had lyft vp his eyes, he sawe a wayfaryng man in the streate of the citie: And the olde man sayde, Whyther goest thou? and whence commest thou?

    18He aunswered hym: We come from Bethlehem Iuda towarde the syde of mount Ephraim, from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehem Iuda, and go nowe to the house of the Lorde, and there is no man that receaueth me to house.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    68%

    1There was a man of Beniamin named Cis the sonne of Abiel, the sonne of Zeror, ye sonne of Bechorath, the sonne of Aphiah, the sonne of a man that was a Ieminite, mightie in power.

  • Ruth 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1It came to passe that whe the iudges ruled, there fel a dearth in the land, & a certein man of Bethlehe Iuda went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he and his wyfe, and his two sonnes.

    2The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wyfe Naomi, and the names of his two sonnes were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephraites out of Bethlehem Iuda: And whe they came into the lande of Moab, they continued there.

  • Neh 10:11
    67%

    11Micha, Rehob, Hasabiah,

  • 1 Chr 23:20
    67%

    20The sonnes of Uzziel: Micha the first, and Iesia the seconde.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
    67%

    8And the king of Israel called one of his chamberlaynes, and sayde: Fetch hyther quickly Michea the sonne of Iemla.

  • Josh 17:7
    67%

    7And the coaste of Manasses was from Aser to Machmathath that lieth before Sichem, and went along on the right hande, euen vnto the inhabitantes of Entaphuah,

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    67%

    9Then the king of Israel called a chamberlayne, & sayde: Fet Michea the sonne of Iimla hyther at once.

  • Mal 1:1
    66%

    1The burthen of the word of the Lorde to Israel, by the ministerie of Malachi.

  • Judg 18:26
    66%

    26And so the children of Dan went their wayes: And when Micah sawe that they were to strong for hym, he turned and went backe vnto his house.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Iuda, named Isai, which had eyght sonnes, & this man was taken for an olde man in the dayes of Saul.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Iehiel: whose wyfe was called Maacha.

  • Neh 11:31
    65%

    31The children also of Beniamin from Geba, dwelt at Machmas, Aia, Bethel, and in their villages,