Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”
We are brought in right in the middle of this story, going from Samson right in to this. We don’t know how this stealing incident happened. Clearly the Israelites were back to not following the Lord, or else it wouldn’t have happened.
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you, my son!”
His mom still sounds like she’s paying attention.
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”
Now we know she’s not caring about anything, otherwise she would have remembeed that God doesn’t want idols made, even if they are for Him.
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
As is tradition, they don’t listen to a word of good advice and go do it anyway.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest. 6 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
If anyone was supposed to be their King, it was God. Again, they are not paying attention.
7 A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
Bethlehem becomes important later. You’ll see.
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
This is an example of how messed up things had gotten. Levites were supposed to be set apart for the Lord and do work in His tabernacle. Now we have one serving some other lame god.
Scripture Discussed: Judges 17
IIWAC: Random Guy’s Mom Wants To Please The Lord By Making Idols?
We are brought in right in the middle of this story, going from Samson right in to this. We don’t know how this stealing incident happened. Clearly the Israelites were back to not following the Lord, or else it wouldn’t have happened.
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you, my son!”
His mom still sounds like she’s paying attention.
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”
Now we know she’s not caring about anything, otherwise she would have remembeed that God doesn’t want idols made, even if they are for Him.
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[b] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
As is tradition, they don’t listen to a word of good advice and go do it anyway.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household gods and installed one of his sons as his priest. 6 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
If anyone was supposed to be their King, it was God. Again, they are not paying attention.
7 A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[c] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
Bethlehem becomes important later. You’ll see.
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father and priest, and I’ll give you ten shekels[d] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”
This is an example of how messed up things had gotten. Levites were supposed to be set apart for the Lord and do work in His tabernacle. Now we have one serving some other lame god.
Scripture Discussed: Judges 17