Judges 17:11-13 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 17:7-13

We have here an account of Micah's furnishing himself with a Levite for his chaplain, either thinking his son, because the heir of his estate, too good to officiate, or rather, because not of God's tribe, not good enough. Observe, I. What brought this Levite to Micah. By his mother's side he was of the family of Judah, and lived at Bethlehem among his mother's relations (for that was not a Levites? city), or, upon some other account, as a stranger or inmate, sojourned there, Jdg. 17:7. Thence... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:11

And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ,.... To continue with him; after he had made trial for some time, he liked his service, and his wages, and way of living; it was all agreeable to him: and the young man was unto him as one of his sons ; as dearly beloved by him, and used as kindly and tenderly, as if he had been one of his own children; so strong were the affections of Micah to him, and so well pleased was he with his service. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:12

And Micah consecrated the Levite ,.... Installed him into, and invested him with the priestly office; in like manner he had consecrated his son before, by filling his hand with sacrifices; see Judges 17:5 . and the young man became his priest ; and did the work and office of one; this was a very daring piece of presumption in them both; in Micah, to take upon him to consecrate a priest, who was himself of the tribe of Ephraim; and in the young man, to suffer himself to be put into such... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:13

Then said Micah ,.... Within himself, pleased with what he had done, and with what he engaged in: now know I that the Lord will do me good ; that I shall enjoy his favour, be a happy man, and prosper; and by this it appears, that notwithstanding the idolatry he had fallen into, he had not utterly forsaken the Lord, but worshipped him in and by his images; there was a mixture of the worship of God, and of the worship of images: seeing I have a Levite to my priest ; who was of the same... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:11

The Levite was content - He thought the place a good one, and the wages respectable. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:12

Micah consecrated the Levite - יד את וימלא vayemalle eth yad , he filled his hands, i.e., he gave him an offering to present before the Lord, that he might be accepted by him. He appointed him to be priest; God was to accept and consecrate him; and for this purpose he filled his hand; i.e., furnished him with the proper offering which he was to present on his inauguration. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:13

Now know I that the Lord will do me good - As he had already provided an epitome of the tabernacle, a model of the ark, mercy-seat, and cherubim; and had got proper sacerdotal vestments, and a Levite to officiate; he took for granted that all was right, and that he should now have the benediction of God. Some think that he expected great gain from the concourse of the people to his temple; but of this there is no evidence in the text. Micah appears to have been perfectly... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 17:13

This shows the ignorance as well as the superstition of the age (compare 2 Kings 18:22), and gives a picture of the lawlessness of the times. The incidental testimony to the Levitical priesthood is to be noted; but the idolatrous worship in the immediate neighborhood of Shiloh is passing strange. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 17:11-12

Judges 17:11-12. The Levite was content Being infected with the common superstition and idolatry of the times. As one of his sons That is, treated with the same degree of kindness and affection. Micah consecrated the Levite To be a priest, for which he thought a consecration necessary, as knowing the Levites were no less excluded from the priest’s office than the people. The young man Instead of his son, whom he had consecrated, but now it seems restrained from the exercise of that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 17:13

Judges 17:13. Do me good I am assured God will bless me. So blind and grossly partial he was in his judgment, to think that one right circumstance would answer for all his substantial errors, in making and worshipping images against God’s express command, in worshipping God in a forbidden place, by a priest illegally appointed. “He persuades himself,” says Calmet, “that the people, seeing his chapel served by a man of the family of Levi, will come thither with greater confidence, and that... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 17:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 17:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 17:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 17:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 17:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 17:13

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