Judges 17
1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images;
5 and he ornaments for them.
7 He hires a Levite to be his priest.
man <0376> [A.M. 2585. B.C. 1419. An. Ex. Is. 72. there was.]
It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy. (ver. 6.)
hill country <02022> [mount.]
curse <0422> [about, etc.]
Houbigant renders this, "and for which you put me to my oath."
curse <0422> [cursedst.]
mother ............ stolen ................... stole ............. mother <03947 0517> [I took it.]
reward <01288> [Blessed.]
solemnly dedicate <06942> [I had wholly.]
carved image <06459> [a graven image.]
hundred <03967> [two hundred.]
shrine <0430 01004> [an house of gods. or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "a house of God."]
ephod <0646> [ephod.]
personal idols <08655> [teraphim.]
hired <04390> [consecrated. Heb. filled the hand.]
sons <01121> [his sons.]
king <04428> [no king.]
right <03477> [right.]
Bethlehem <01035> [Beth-lehem-judah.]
tribe <04940> [of the family.]
That is, of the tribe of Judah by his mother; and of that of Levi by his father.
<03212> [departed.]
made <06213> [as he journeyed. Heb. in making his way.]
adviser <01> [a father.]
give <05414> [I will give.]
clothes <0899 06187> [a suit of apparel. or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order of garments.]
<04390> [consecrated.]
priest <03548> [his priest.]
