Judges 17:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 to 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 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people since the LORD has blessed us so far?" 15 Joshua answered them, "If you are a great people, then go up to the forest and cut down an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, if Mount Ephraim is too small for you." 16 The children of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have iron chariots, both those who are of Beth-shean and its towns, and those who are of the valley of Jezreel." 17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot. 18 The mountain shall be yours; though it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and its furthest parts shall be yours. You shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong.
  • Judg 10:1 : 1 And after Abimelech, there arose to deliver Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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  • Judg 17:2-13
    12 verses
    79%

    2And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you 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 to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.

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

    5And the man Micah had a 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.

    7And there was a young man out of Bethlehem in Judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he stayed there.

    8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah 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 to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to stay where I may find a place.

    10And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. 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 I know 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 from there to Mount Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

    14Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.

    15And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and greeted him.

  • Mic 1:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The 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 you people; listen, O earth, and all that is within it: and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, 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 Ephrathite:

  • Judg 18:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from their territory, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. When they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

    3When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in there and said to him, Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What do you have here?

    4And he said to them, Thus and thus does Micah deal with me, and he has hired me, and I am his priest.

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

    24Of 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 fathered Micah.

    35And the 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 became the father of Micah.

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

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

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

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18And these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, What are you doing?

    19And they said to him, Hold your peace, put your hand over your mouth and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or to be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • Jer 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

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

    18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says 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%

    37Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 27:18
    69%

    18Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers 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 evening, who was also from Mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

    17When he lifted up his eyes, he saw a traveler in the street of the city, and the old man said, "Where are you going? And where do you come from?"

    18He said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah toward the side of Mount Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but now I am going to the house of the LORD, and there is no one who receives me into their house.

  • 1 Sam 9:1
    68%

    1Now there was a man from 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%

    1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in 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 was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and remained 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
    67%

    8And the king of Israel called for an officer, and said, Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

  • Josh 17:7
    67%

    7The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, which lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of Entappuah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
    67%

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

  • Mal 1:1
    66%

    1The burden of the word of the LORD 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 to his house.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years.

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah.

  • Neh 11:31
    65%

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