Judges 18:13
From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
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- Josh 24:30 : 30 They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
- Josh 24:33 : 33 Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land.
- Judg 17:1 : 1 Micah Makes His Own Religion There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
- Judg 18:2-3 : 2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house. 3 As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
- Judg 19:1 : 1 Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
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- Judg 18:14-2310 verses84%
14 The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen,“Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do.”
15 They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house(which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
16 Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate.
17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.
18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them,“What are you doing?”
19 They said to him,“Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”
20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.
21 They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions.
22 After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah,“Why have you gathered together?”
- Judg 17:7-104 verses81%
7 Micah Hires a Professional There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.
8 This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
9 Micah said to him,“Where do you come from?” He replied,“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
10 Micah said to him,“Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
- Judg 18:2-54 verses79%
2 The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them,“Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
3 As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
4 He told them what Micah had done for him, saying,“He hired me and I became his priest.”
5 They said to him,“Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”
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1 Micah Makes His Own Religion There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
- Judg 18:11-122 verses77%
11 So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
12 They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah.(To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.)
- Judg 17:4-52 verses76%
4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
- Judg 18:26-283 verses75%
26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
27 Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
28 No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it.
- Judg 17:12-132 verses73%
12 Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
13 Micah said,“Now I know the LORD will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
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18 The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.
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31 They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
- Judg 19:13-164 verses72%
13 He said to his servant,“Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
14 So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin.
15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night.
16 But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah.(The residents of the town were Benjaminites.)
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23 Jonathan Ignites a Battle A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.
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18 another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert.
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4 So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
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13 From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah.
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8 When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them,“How did it go?”
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6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah.
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22 They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them.
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9 The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
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16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash.
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31 Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
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21 The Spies’ Activities So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.
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27 It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as Beth Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north
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6 Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar.
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6 Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon.
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11 Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.
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23 They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.