Add parallel Print Page Options

So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and they were kept in the house of Micah. Now the man Micah had a shrine of gods, and he made an ephod and household idols, and consecrated one of his sons to become his priest. In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Read full chapter

So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[a] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(A) And it was put in Micah’s house.

Now this man Micah had a shrine,(B) and he made an ephod(C) and some household gods(D) and installed(E) one of his sons as his priest.(F) In those days Israel had no king;(G) everyone did as they saw fit.(H)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms