士師記 17:9 JCB

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:7-13

Judges 17:7-1 Chronicles : . Micah Secures a Levite as Priest. Judges 17:7 . The young man was a Judæ an by birth, and a Levite by profession. It is a contradiction to say that he “ sojourned” among his own people. The clause should perhaps stand after “ a man” in Judges 17:11. Judges 17:8 . End with “ to fulfil the purpose of the journey.” Judges 17:10 . Even a young Levite could be a “ father,” the title being given out of respect for himself or his sacred office. Ten pieces of silver is... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 17:1-13

IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP(Judges 17:1-13.)HOMILETICSI. Idolatry begins with those who are not upright in moral conduct. Judges 17:1-4.Micah himself is first heard of as stealing a large sum of money, and his mother is first mentioned as uttering curses on the head of the offender, whoever he might be. Subsequently, when the money is given up, and the offender is discovered to be her own son, the mother entirely loses sight of the immoral character of the act, and though... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 17:1-13

At this point the book of Judges, as far as its history, ends. What remains in the book of Judges is not now in chronological order. This is an appendix to the book of Judges as we get into chapter seventeen. And it tells us basically of the moral conditions of the nation of Israel during this time after Joshua, and the stories, some of them, take us clear back to the time immediately after Joshua. So if you can now shift gears in your mind and go in reverse, we come to the end of the historic... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 17:1-13

Judges 17:1 . A man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. This was soon after the death of Joshua, says Josephus, and before the civil war with Benjamin. Judges 17:2 . About which thou cursedst. See on Genesis 9:25. Judges 17:4 . Two hundred shekels. The little idol would weigh about a hundred and twenty ounces; small indeed, but pregnant with the most disastrous consequences. Satan could not draw Micah to gross idolatry all at once, but was obliged to mask it with the worship of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 17:1-13

Judges 17:1-13Micah.Micah’s motherIn the second verse of this chapter Micah makes a clean confession of a great wrong which he had done to his mother. “It seems,” says Matthew Henry, “that this old woman, with long scraping and saving, had hoarded a considerable sum of money--eleven hundred pieces of silver. It is likely she intended, when she died, to leave it to this son. In the meantime, it did her good to count it over and call it her own.” On discovering that she had been relieved of her... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 17:9

Jdg 17:9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place]. Ver. 9. Whence comest thou? ] He should have asked him more questions than this, ere he had agreed with him: as, Can you preach? can you produce a good testimonial? how happens it that you are thus necessitated? &c. read more