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Judges 17

Judg. 17:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And there was a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
c Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
, whose name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
was Micah
Miykayhuw (Hebrew #4321)
abbrev. for 4322; Mikajah, the name of three Israelites
KJV usage: Micah, Micaiah, Michaiah.
Pronounce: me-kaw-yeh-hoo'
Origin: or Mikayhuw (Jeremiah 36:11) {me-kaw-yeh-hoo'}
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Josh. 17:14‑18• 14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
 15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
 16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
 17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
 18But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. (Josh. 17:14‑18)

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Ephraim,
Man,
Micah,
Mount Ephraim,
Mountain Mount

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images;
5-6:  and he ornaments for them.
7-13:  He hires a Levite to be his priest.
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.)mount.
Judg. 10:1• 1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judg. 10:1)
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Josh. 15:9• 9And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim: (Josh. 15:9)
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Josh. 17:14‑18• 14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
 15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
 16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
 17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
 18But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. (Josh. 17:14‑18)
• Chapters 17 to 21 form a kind of appendix to the book of Judges, an appendix of all importance for the completion of the moral picture of the declension of Israel, but which, in reality, as to time, precedes the opening of the book we are considering, and goes back to the last days of Joshua and of the elders that outlived him. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: the Levite of Judah: Judges 17” by H.L. Rossier)
• It was...of importance to show the connection of the priesthood with the ruin, and how it was associated therewith, and contributed thereto. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: the Levite of Judah: Judges 17” by H.L. Rossier)
• The date of {Judges 17-21} is shown us in three passages which I mention for those who are interested in the arrangement of the book....The first of these is in Judges 18:1. We learn from Josh. 19:47, that the tribe of Dan took possession of Leshem (the Leshem of Joshua being the Laish of Judges), at the time when the twelve tribes were called to conquer their inheritance. In the second passage, Judges 18:12, "Mahaneh-dan" received its name from the expedition of Dan, whereas at the commencement of the history of Samson (Judges 13:25) it was a place already known. Finally, in Judges 20:28, "Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it (the ark) in those days;" from which we necessarily conclude that those days followed immediately what is related in Josh. 24:33. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: the Levite of Judah: Judges 17” by H.L. Rossier)
• We find in chap. 17 and 18 the picture of the religious corruption of Israel whilst still in possession of their original blessings-a picture which does not offer a single spot where the heart can rest amid the ruin. (“Manifestation of the Ruin and Final Restoration: the Levite of Judah: Judges 17” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.