{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/judges/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:36:20.172Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Judges","bookSlug":"judges","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place , and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place ."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest."}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 17 (ASV)","markdown":"[Judges 17](https://primebible.com/asv/judges/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/judges/17 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}