Judges 17:1

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.

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  • Josh 15:9 : 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:
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 ¶ And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me [but] one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I [am] a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 15 And Joshua answered them, If thou [be] a great people, [then] get thee up to the wood [country], and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill 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] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of 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 mountain shall be thine; for it [is] a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, [and] though they [be] strong.
  • Judg 10:1 : 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.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they 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 [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed [be thou] of the LORD, my son.

    3And when he had restored the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

    4Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.

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

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

    7¶ And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who [was] a Levite, and he sojourned there.

    8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount 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 Bethlehemjudah, 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 [shekels] 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 the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.

  • Judg 18:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

    14¶ Then 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 thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.

  • Mic 1:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1¶ The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1¶ Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and 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%

    2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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

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

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

    24[Of] the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

    25The brother of Michah [was] Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

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

    34And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

    35And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

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

    40And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.

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

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

    11When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

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

    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a 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 Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] 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%

    16¶ And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which [was] also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place [were] Benjamites.

    17And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a 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 Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence [am] I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I [am now] going to the house of the LORD; and there [is] no man that receiveth me to house.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    68%

    1¶ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

  • Ruth 1:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1¶ Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah 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 Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

  • Neh 10:11
    67%

    11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

  • 1 Chr 23:20
    67%

    20Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
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    8And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

  • Josh 17:7
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    7¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    67%

    9Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.

  • Mal 1:1
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  • 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%

    12¶ Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name [was] Maachah:

  • Neh 11:31
    65%

    31The children also of Benjamin from Geba [dwelt] at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and [in] their villages,