1 And there was a man from mount Ephraim, and his name was Micaiah. i 2 And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred of silver taken of yours and you cursed and also you said in my ears . . . , look, the silver is with me. I took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed, my son, by Yehvah.” 3 And he returned the eleven hundred of the silver to his mother. And his mother said, “Making holy, I have made holy the silver to Yehvah from my hand for my son to do a carved image and a molded image. ii And now, I return it to you.” 4 And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred of silver and gave it to the refiner. And he made it into a carved image and molded image, and it was iii in house of Micaiah.
5 And the man Micah iv had for himself a house of Gods and made an ephod v and idols. vi And he filled the hand of one from his sons, and he was for him for a priest. 6 In those days there was no king in Israel. Each did the right in his eyes.
7 And there was a boy from House of Bread in Judah from family of Judah, and he was a Levite; and he was sojourning there. 8 And the man went from the city, from House of Bread in Judah, to sojourn in wherever he might find. And he came to mount Ephraim to house of Micah to do vii his journey. viii 9 And Micah said to him, “From where have you come?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from House of Bread in Judah, and I am going to sojourn in wherever I may find.” 10 And Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and be for me for a father and for a priest. And I will give to you ten of silver for the days ix and a suit of clothes and your sustenance.” And the Levite came.
11 And the Levite was willing to dwell with the man, and the boy was for him as one from his sons. 12 And Micah filled the hand of the Levite, and the boy was for him for a priest; and he was in house of Micah. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that Yehvah has been good to me, for I have the Levite for a priest.
Translated by Darwin Fish. See original pdf.
- ההו יכי מי) miykhâyhu) "Micaiah"; CJB "Mikhay’hu"; NKJV, etc. "Micah" – this is his name in Judges 17:1, 4. Elsewhere in chapter 17 and 18 it is ה יכי מי) miykhâh) “Micah.” See footnote for Judges 17:5. “Micaiah” (יההו יכי מי] miykhâyhu]) is also found in 1 Kings 22:8-9, 13-15, 24-26, 28 (“Micaiah” NKJV); 2 Chronicles 13:2 (“Michaiah” NKJV); 17:7; 18:7; 8, 12-13, 23-25, 27 ; Jeremiah 36:11, 13 מיכייההו) mikhâyhu, NKJV “Michaiah”). ^
- This is similar to the deception in Exodus 32:1-5 and 1 Kings 12:26-29 in which the idols were to represent Yehvah. ^
- יההיי) yehiy) “it was” ASV, CSB, ESV, GNV, HCSB, LEB, TLB, NIV, RSV, WEB; “they were” NKJV, KJV, NAS. ^
- ה יכי מי) miykhâh) “Micah” - found also in Judges 17:8-10, 12-13; 18:2-4, 13, 15, 18, 22-23, 26-27, 31; 1 Chronicles 5:5; 8:34-35; 9:40-41; 23:20; 24:24-25; 2 Chronicles 18:14; 34:20; Nehemiah 11:17; Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1. ^
- ד אופפו') êphod) “ephod” - see footnote for Exodus 25:7. ^
- תהריפיים) terâphiym) “idols” - see footnote for Genesis 31:19. ^
- שות עש לע) la`asot) "to do" MEV; "as" NKJV, etc.; "as he made" NAS; "to work" YLT. ^
- דערהכו) darko) “his journey” NAS; LEB; “he journeyed” NKJV; “his way” YLT. ^
- ים יימי לע) layyâmiym) “for the days” YLT; “per year” NKJV – “days” sometimes = a “year” e.g. Exodus 13:10 (see footnote); Leviticus 25:29; Number 9:22; 1 Samuel 1:21; 2:19; 20:6; 27:7; 2 Samuel 14:26. ^