Introduction
Overview
Judges 17 . 1 , Of the money that Micah first stole , then restored , his mother makes images; Judges 17 . 5 , and he ornaments for them; Judges 17 . 7 , He hires a Levite to be his priest.
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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 . Judges 17 . 6.
mount . Judges 10 . 1 , Joshua 15 . 9 , Joshua 17 . 14-18
Reciprocal . Judges 3 . 27 . mountain Judges 18 . 2 . mount Judges 18 . 13 . mount Ephraim Judges 19 . 1 . mount 1 Samuel 1 . 1 . mount 1 Samuel 9 . 4 . mount 1 Kings 4 . 8 . The son of Hur Hosea 2 . 8 . which they prepared for Baal
about . etc. Houbigant renders this , "and for which you put me to my oath."
cursedst . Judges 5 . 23 , Deuteronomy 27 . 16 , 1 Samuel 14 . 24 , 1 Samuel 14 . 28 , 1 Samuel 26 . 19 , Nehemiah 13 . 25 , Jeremiah 48 . 10 , Matthew 26 . 74 , Romans 9 . 3 , 1 Corinthians 16 . 22
I took it . Proverbs 28 . 24
Blessed . Genesis 14 . 19 , Genesis 24 . 30 , Genesis 24 . 31 , Exodus 20 . 7 , Ruth 3 . 10 , 1 Samuel 23 . 21 , Nehemiah 13 . 25 , Psalm 10 . 3 , 2 John 1 . 11
Reciprocal . Leviticus 5 . 1 . hear Judges 16 . 5 . we will 1 Samuel 15 . 13 . Blessed 1 Samuel 24 . 19 . the Lord Proverbs 29 . 24 . he
I had wholly . Judges 17 . 13 , Judges 18 . 5 , Isaiah 66 . 3
a graven image . Exodus 20 . 4 , Exodus 20 . 23 , Leviticus 19 . 4 , Deuteronomy 12 . 3 , Psalm 115 . 4-8 , Isaiah 40 . 18-25 , Isaiah 44 . 9-20, Jeremiah 10 . 3-5 , Jeremiah 10 . 8 , Habakkuk 2 . 18 , Habakkuk 2 . 19 , John 16 . 2
Reciprocal . Exodus 32 . 3 . General Exodus 32 . 4 . These Isaiah 30 . 22 . thy graven images of silver Isaiah 46 . 6 . lavish
two hundred . Isaiah 46 . 6 , Isaiah 46 . 7 , Jeremiah 10 . 9 , Jeremiah 10 . 10
Reciprocal . Genesis 31 . 19 . images Exodus 32 . 3 . General Exodus 32 . 4 . These Judges 18 . 17 . the graven 2 Chronicles 22 . 3 . his mother Isaiah 30 . 22 . thy graven images of silver Isaiah 40 . 19 . General Isaiah 44 . 13 . that it may
an house of gods . or , as baith Elohim may also signify , "a house of God." Judges 18 . 24 , Genesis 31 . 30 , Ezra 1 . 7 , Hosea 8 . 14
ephod . Judges 8 . 27 , Judges 18 . 14 , Exodus 28 . 4 , Exodus 28 . 15 , 1 Samuel 23 . 6
teraphim . Genesis 31 . 19 , Genesis 31 . 30 , *marg. Hosea 3 . 4
consecrated . Heb. filled the hand , Exodus 29 . 9 , 1 Kings 12 . 31 , 1 Kings 13 . 33 , 1 Kings 13 . 34 , Hebrews 5 . 4
his sons . Exodus 24 . 5
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 12 . consecrated Judges 18 . 5 . of God Judges 18 . 17 . the graven 1 Samuel 19 . 13 . an image 2 Kings 23 . 24 . images 2 Chronicles 22 . 3 . his mother Proverbs 30 . 12 . that are Isaiah 5 . 18 . draw Isaiah 44 . 13 . that it may Ezekiel 21 . 21 . images
no king . Judges 18 . 1 , Judges 19 . 1 , Judges 21 . 3 , Judges 21 . 25 , Genesis 36 . 31 , Deuteronomy 33 . 5
right . Deuteronomy 12 . 8 , Psalm 12 . 4 , Proverbs 12 . 15 , Proverbs 14 . 12 , Proverbs 16 . 2 , Ecclesiastes 11 . 9 , Jeremiah 44 . 16 , Jeremiah 44 . 17
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 1 . there was
Beth-lehem-judah , Judges 19 . 1 , Judges 19 . 2 , Genesis 35 . 19 , Joshua 19 . 15 , Ruth 1 . 1 , Ruth 1 . 2 , Micah 5 . 2 , Matthew 2 . 1 , Matthew 2 . 5 , Matthew 2 . 6
of the family . That is , of the tribe of Judah by his mother; and of that of Levi by his father.
Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 11 . 6 . Bethlehem
departed . Judges 17 . 11 , Nehemiah 13 . 10 , Nehemiah 13 . 11
as he journeyed . Heb. in making his way
Reciprocal . Judges 19 . 1 . mount Ruth 1 . 1 . a famine
a father . Judges 17 . 11 , Judges 18 . 19 , Genesis 45 . 8 , 2 Kings 6 . 21 , 2 Kings 8 . 8 , 2 Kings 8 . 9 , 2 Kings 13 . 14 , Job 29 . 16 , Isaiah 22 . 21
I will give . Judges 18 . 20 , 1 Samuel 2 . 36 , Ezekiel 13 . 19 , Matthew 26 . 15 , John 12 . 6 , 1 Timothy 6 . 10 , 1 Peter 5 . 2
a suit of apparel . or , a double suit , etc. Heb. an order of garments
Reciprocal . Judges 18 . 4 . hired me
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 8 . departed Judges 17 . 10 . a father 1 Timothy 6 . 10 . the love
consecrated . Judges 17 . 5
his priest . Judges 18 . 30 , Numbers 16 . 5 , Numbers 16 . 8-10 , 1 Kings 12 . 31 , 1 Kings 13 . 33 , 1 Kings 13 . 34
Proverbs 14 . 12 , Isaiah 44 . 20 , Isaiah 66 . 3 , Isaiah 66 . 4 , Matthew 15 . 9 , Matthew 15 . 13 , John 16 . 2 , Acts 26 . 9 , Romans 10 . 2 , Romans 10 . 3
Reciprocal . Judges 17 . 3 . I had wholly Judges 18 . 5 . of God Judges 18 . 24 . what have 2 Kings 17 . 27 . one of the priests Proverbs 30 . 12 . that are Isaiah 5 . 18 . draw Isaiah 48 . 2 . and stay