{"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/web/judges/17","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:31:26.298Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 Ephraim, whose name was Micah."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He said to his mother, |The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that 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.| His mother said, |Blessed be my son of Yahweh.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"He restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, |I most certainly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image. Now therefore I will restore it to you.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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":"There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to live where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Micah said to him, |Where did you come from?| He said to him, |I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Micah said to him, |Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten [pieces] of silver per year, a suit of clothing, and your food.| So the Levite went in."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then Micah said, |Now know I that Yahweh will do good to me, since I have a Levite to my priest.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 17 (WEB)","markdown":"[Judges 17](https://primebible.com/web/judges/17)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/judges/17 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}