Judges 17:4-6

17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she ¹  took two hundred pieces of silver ²  to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. ³  17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ⁴  He made an ephod ⁵  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ⁶  17:6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁷ 

[17:4]  ¹ tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.

[17:4]  ² tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:4]  ³ tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”

[17:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “house of God.”

[17:5]  ⁵ sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

[17:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”

[17:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”