Judges 17:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took about ·five pounds [^Ltwo hundred pieces of silver] and gave it to a ·silversmith [or idol-maker; Acts 19:24]. With it he made an ·idol and a statue [or carved image overlaid with silver; ^Can abomination and violation of the law; Deut. 27:15], which stood in Micah’s house. ⁵ Micah had a ·special holy place [shrine], and he made a ·holy vest [ephod] and some ·household idols [^Lteraphim; Gen. 31:19]. Then Micah ·chose [ordained; installed; or paid; ^Lfilled the hand of] one of his sons to be his priest. ⁶ At that time Israel did not have a king, so everyone did what seemed right in their own eyes [^Cthe common refrain through the rest of Judges, referring both to the lack of a human king and the rejection of God’s sovereignty; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25].