Micah

Micah is a priest living before Israel's monarchy, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 19 verses of the Bible, first in Judges 17:1.

Verses

Judges

• Judges 17:1
  And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
• Judges 17:4
  Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels 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.So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
• Judges 17:5
  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.Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
• Judges 17:8
  And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
• Judges 17:9
  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.“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
• Judges 17:10
  And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in
• Judges 17:12
  And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.
• Judges 17:13
  Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
• Judges 18:2
  And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
• Judges 18:3
  When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
• Judges 18:4
  And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
• Judges 18:13
  And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
• Judges 18:15
  And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
• Judges 18:18
  And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
• Judges 18:22
  And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
• Judges 18:23
  And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”
• Judges 18:26
  And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
• Judges 18:27
  And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
• Judges 18:31
  And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.