{"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/dbt/judges/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T22:56:40.559Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Judges","bookSlug":"judges","chapter":17,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":16,"nextChapter":18,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"There was a man of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Micah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he said to his mother, |The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.| And his mother said, |Blessed be my son by the LORD.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, |I consecrate the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it to you.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and teraphim, and installed one of his sons, who became his priest."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah, to live where he could find a place; and as he journeyed, he came to the hill country of E'phraim to the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Micah said to him, |From where do you come?| And he said to him, |I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Micah said to him, |Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, and a suit of apparel, and your living.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became to him like one of his sons."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then Micah said, |Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, because I have a Levite as priest.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 17 (DBT)","markdown":"[Judges 17](https://primebible.com/dbt/judges/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/judges/17 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}