2 Kings 17 is an important scripture in connection with Micah. It details the sins of Israel on the ground of which the captivity of the Ten Tribes had come. It gives us an account also of the beginning of that people who, in the New Testament, are called, “Samaritans.” It shows us their origin as a religious sect, holding truth, which the Jew had corrupted by a mixture with the various lies which the heathen conquerors of Israel had brought with them into the land. As to this little book of Micah we may see it in three parts:
Micah 1-3: These chapters give us a gloomy burden over the sins and consequent miseries of Israel and Judah.
Micah 4-5: These chapters anticipate the political or national recovery of the people.
Micah 6-7: These chapters exhibit their experience or moral recovery.