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Judges 17

Jue. 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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Jos. 17:14‑18• 14Y los hijos de José hablaron á Josué, diciendo: ¿Por qué me has dado por heredad una sola suerte y una sola parte, siendo yo un pueblo tan grande y que Jehová me ha así bendecido hasta ahora?
 15Y Josué les respondió: Si eres pueblo tan grande, sube tú al monte, y corta para ti allí en la tierra del Pherezeo y de los gigantes, pues que el monte de Ephraim es angosto para ti.
 16Y los hijos de José dijeron: No nos bastará á nosotros este monte: y todos los Cananeos que habitan la tierra de la campiña, tienen carros herrados; los que están en Beth-san y en sus aldeas, y los que están en el valle de Jezreel.
 17Entonces Josué respondió á la casa de José, á Ephraim y Manasés, diciendo: Tú eres gran pueblo, y tienes gran fuerza; no tendrás una sola suerte;
 18Mas aquel monte será tuyo; que bosque es, y tú lo cortarás, y serán tuyos sus términos: porque tú echarás al Cananeo, aunque tenga carros herrados, y aunque sea fuerte. (Jos. 17:14‑18)

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Ephraim,
Man,
Micah,
Mount Ephraim,
Mountain Mount

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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.
Jue. 10:1• 1Y después de Abimelech levantóse para librar á Israel, Tola hijo de Púa, hijo de Dodo, varón de Issachâr, el cual habitaba en Samir, en el monte de Ephraim. (Jue. 10:1)
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Jos. 15:9• 9Y rodea este término desde la cumbre del monte hasta la fuente de las aguas de Nephtoa, y sale á la ciudades del monte de Ephrón, rodeando luego el mismo término á Baala, la cual es Chîriath-jearim. (Jos. 15:9)
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Jos. 17:14‑18• 14Y los hijos de José hablaron á Josué, diciendo: ¿Por qué me has dado por heredad una sola suerte y una sola parte, siendo yo un pueblo tan grande y que Jehová me ha así bendecido hasta ahora?
 15Y Josué les respondió: Si eres pueblo tan grande, sube tú al monte, y corta para ti allí en la tierra del Pherezeo y de los gigantes, pues que el monte de Ephraim es angosto para ti.
 16Y los hijos de José dijeron: No nos bastará á nosotros este monte: y todos los Cananeos que habitan la tierra de la campiña, tienen carros herrados; los que están en Beth-san y en sus aldeas, y los que están en el valle de Jezreel.
 17Entonces Josué respondió á la casa de José, á Ephraim y Manasés, diciendo: Tú eres gran pueblo, y tienes gran fuerza; no tendrás una sola suerte;
 18Mas aquel monte será tuyo; que bosque es, y tú lo cortarás, y serán tuyos sus términos: porque tú echarás al Cananeo, aunque tenga carros herrados, y aunque sea fuerte. (Jos. 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.