{"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/kjv/judges/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:53:16.107Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 mount Ephraim, whose name <i>was</i> Micah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver <i>is</i> with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed <i>be thou</i> of the LORD, my son."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And when he had restored the eleven hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD 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":"Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In those days <i>there was</i> no king in Israel, <i>but</i> every man did <i>that which was</i> right in his own eyes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who <i>was</i> a Levite, and he sojourned there."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find <i>a place</i>: and he came to mount 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 <i>am</i> a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find <i>a place</i>."},{"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 <i>shekels</i> 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 the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to <i>my</i> priest."}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 17 (KJV)","markdown":"[Judges 17](https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/judges/17 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}