Judges 17:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And there is a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Micah,

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  • Josh 15:9 : 9 and the border hath been marked out, from the top of the hill-country unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and hath gone out unto the cities of mount Ephron, and the border hath been marked out `to' Baalah, (it `is' Kirjath-Jearim);
  • Josh 17:14-18 : 14 And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, `Wherefore hast thou given to me an inheritance -- one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto hath Jehovah blessed me.' 15 And Joshua saith unto them, `If thou `art' a numerous people, go up for thee to the forest, then thou hast prepared for thee there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim hath been narrow for thee.' 16 And the sons of Joseph say, `The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron `is' with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley -- to him who `is' in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who `is' in the valley of Jezreel.' 17 And Joshua speaketh unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, `Thou `art' a numerous people, and hast great power; thou hast not one lot `only', 18 because the mountain is thine; because it `is' a forest -- thou hast prepared it, and its outgoings have been thine; because thou dost dispossess the Canaanite, though it hath chariots of iron -- though it `is' strong.'
  • Judg 10:1 : 1 And there riseth after Abimelech, to save Israel, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, and he is dwelling in Shamir, in the hill-country of Ephraim,
  • Judg 18:2 : 2 And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

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  • Judg 17:2-13
    12 verses
    79%

    2and he saith to his mother, `The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and `of which' thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver `is' with me, I have taken it;' and his mother saith, `Blessed `is' my son of Jehovah.'

    3And he giveth back the eleven hundred silverlings to his mother, and his mother saith, `I had certainly sanctified the silver to Jehovah, from my hand, for my son, to make a graven image, and a molten image; and now, I give it back to thee.'

    4And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah.

    5As to the man Micah, he hath a house of gods, and he maketh an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrateth the hand of one of his sons, and he is to him for a priest;

    6in those days there is no king in Israel, each that which is right in his own eyes doth.

    7And there is a young man of Beth-Lehem-Judah, of the family of Judah, and he `is' a Levite, and he `is' a sojourner there.

    8And the man goeth out of the city, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah, to sojourn where he doth find, and cometh to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, to work his way.

    9And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

    10And Micah saith to him, `Dwell with me, and be to me for a father and for a priest, and I give to thee ten silverlings for the days, and a suit of garments, and thy sustenance;' and the Levite goeth `in'.

    11And the Levite is willing to dwell with the man, and the young man is to him as one of his sons.

    12And Micah consecrateth the hand of the Levite, and the young man is to him for a priest, and he is in the house of Micah,

    13and Micah saith, `Now I have known that Jehovah doth good to me, for the Levite hath been to me for a priest.'

  • Judg 18:13-15
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    78%

    13And they pass over thence `to' the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

    14And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

    15And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

  • Mic 1:1-2
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    77%

    1A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:

    2Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.

  • 1 Sam 1:1
    72%

    1And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name `is' Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, and Ephrathite,

  • Judg 18:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

    3They `are' with the household of Micah, and they have discerned the voice of the young man, the Levite, and turn aside there, and say to him, `Who hath brought thee hither? and what art thou doing in this `place?' and what to thee here?'

    4And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

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

    24Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir.

    25A brother of Michah `is' Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah;

  • 1 Chr 8:34-35
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    70%

    34And a son of Jonathan `is' Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah;

    35and sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz:

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

    40And a son of Jonathan `is' Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah.

    41And sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,

  • Jer 36:11
    70%

    11And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heareth all the words of Jehovah from off the book,

  • Judg 18:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

    19and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

  • Jer 26:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17And certain of the elders of the land rise up, and speak unto all the assembly of the people, saying,

    18`Micah the Morashtite hath been prophesying in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and he saith unto all the people of Judah, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Zion is a plowed field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mountain of the house is for high places of a forest.

  • 1 Chr 9:37
    69%

    37and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

  • 1 Chr 27:18
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    18of Judah, Elihu, of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri son of Michael;

  • Judg 19:16-18
    3 verses
    69%

    16And lo, a man, an aged one, hath come from his work from the field in the evening, and the man `is' of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he `is' a sojourner in Gibeah, and the men of the place `are' Benjamites.

    17And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

    18And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I `am', and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

  • 1 Sam 9:1
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    1And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name `is' Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, mighty of valour,

  • Ruth 1:1-2
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    68%

    1And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

    2And the name of the man `is' Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites from Beth-Lehem-Judah; and they come into the fields of Moab, and are there.

  • Neh 10:11
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    11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

  • 1 Chr 23:20
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    20Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.

  • 2 Chr 18:8
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    8And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain officer, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

  • Josh 17:7
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    7And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which `is' on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.

  • 1 Kgs 22:9
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    9And the king of Israel calleth unto a certain eunuch, and saith, `Hasten Micaiah son of Imlah.'

  • Mal 1:1
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    1The burden of a word of Jehovah unto Israel by the hand of Malachi:

  • Judg 18:26
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    26and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house.

  • 1 Sam 17:12
    66%

    12And David `is' son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name `is' Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

  • 1 Chr 9:35
    66%

    35And in Gibeon dwelt hath the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, and the name of his wife `is' Maachah;

  • Neh 11:31
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    31And sons of Benjamin `are' at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,