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And it was put in Micah&#8217s house. <a href="/nlt/judges/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah’s house. <a href="/esv/judges/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. <a href="/bsb/judges/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/judges/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/judges/17.htm">New King James Version</a> Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/nasb_/judges/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast metal image, and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/nasb/judges/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/nasb77/judges/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/lsb/judges/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith. And he made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/amp/judges/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made of it an image [of silver-plated wood] and a cast image [of solid silver]; and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/csb/judges/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image and a silver idol, and it was in Micah’s house. <a href="/hcsb/judges/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image overlaid with silver, and it was in Micah&#8217s house. <a href="/asv/judges/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah. <a href="/erv/judges/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah. <a href="/gwt/judges/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When Micah returned the silver to his mother, she took 200 pieces of the silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made a carved idol and a metal idol. Both were placed in Micah's home. <a href="/gnt/judges/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then he gave them back to his mother. She took two hundred of the pieces of silver and gave them to a metalworker, who made an idol, carving it from wood and covering it with the silver. It was placed in Micah's house. <a href="/isv/judges/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> When he had returned the silver to his mother, his mother took 200 of the silver coins and handed them over to a silversmith. He crafted them into a carved image and into a cast image, and they were set up in Micah's house. <a href="/msb/judges/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/judges/17.htm">NET Bible</a> When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah's house. <a href="/nheb/judges/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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. <a href="/wbt/judges/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. <a href="/web/judges/17.htm">World English Bible</a> When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, who made a carved image and a molten image out of it. It was in the house of Micah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/judges/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he gives back the money to his mother, and his mother takes two hundred pieces of silver, and gives them to a refiner, and he makes them a carved image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah. <a href="/ylt/judges/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he giveth back the money to his mother, and his mother taketh two hundred silverlings, and giveth them to a refiner, and he maketh them a graven image, and a molten image, and it is in the house of Micah. <a href="/slt/judges/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will turn back the silver to his mother; and his mother will take two hundred of silver and will give it to the goldsmith, and he will make it a carved thing and molten: and it will be in the house of Micah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/judges/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he restored them to his mother: and she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, to make of them a graven and a molten god, which was in the house of Michas. <a href="/cpdv/judges/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And when he restored these to his mother, she took two hundred of the silver coins, and she gave them to the silversmith, so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image. And it was in the house of Micah. <a href="/nabre/judges/17.htm">New American Bible</a> So when he restored the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces and gave them to the silversmith, who made of them an idol overlaid with silver. So it remained in the house of Micah. <a href="/nrsvce/judges/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> So when he returned the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into an idol of cast metal; and it was in the house of Micah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/judges/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a graven image and a molten image; and they were kept in the house of Micah. <a href="/hpbt/judges/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred money pieces and she gave them to a Silversmith, and he made a carved and smelted image, and it was in the house of Mikah<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/judges/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah. <a href="/sep/judges/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias. <a href="/parallel/judges/17-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AjzBiIYY2Dc?start=5137" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/judges/17.htm">Micah's Idolatry</a> …3And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.” 4<a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">So he returned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: hak·ke·sep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">the silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: lə·’im·mōw (Prep-l:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">to his mother,</a> <a href="/hebrew/517.htm" title="517: ’im·mōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A mother. A primitive word; a mother; in a wide sense (like 'ab).">and she</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wat·tiq·qaḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mā·ṯa·yim (Number-fd) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction.">two hundred shekels</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ke·sep̄ (N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">of silver</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wat·tit·tə·nê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and gave them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6884.htm" title="6884: laṣ·ṣō·w·rêp̄ (Prep-l, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To smelt, refine, test. A primitive root; to fuse, i.e. Refine.">to a silversmith,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">who made them</a> <a href="/hebrew/6459.htm" title="6459: pe·sel (N-ms) -- An idol, image. From pacal; an idol.">into a graven image</a> <a href="/hebrew/4541.htm" title="4541: ū·mas·sê·ḵāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- From nacak; properly, a pouring over, i.e. Fusion of metal; by implication, a libation, i.e. League; concretely a coverlet.">and a molten idol.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">And they were placed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/4321.htm" title="4321: mî·ḵā·yə·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Who is like Yah? three Isr. Or Mikayhuw; abbrev. For Miykayahuw; Mikajah, the name of three Israelites.">of Micah.</a> 5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a> You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Deuteronomy 27:15</a> ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ <a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9-20</a> All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. ... <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Jeremiah 10:3-5</a> For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” <a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a> After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” / One calf he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. / And this thing became a sin; the people walked as far as Dan to worship before one of the calves. <a href="/2_kings/17-16.htm">2 Kings 17:16</a> They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. <a href="/hosea/8-4.htm">Hosea 8:4-6</a> They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. / He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria. <a href="/psalms/115-4.htm">Psalm 115:4-8</a> Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... <a href="/psalms/135-15.htm">Psalm 135:15-18</a> The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ... <a href="/acts/17-29.htm">Acts 17:29</a> Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination. <a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Romans 1:22-23</a> Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. <a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19-20</a> Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? / No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. <a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a> Little children, keep yourselves from idols. <a href="/isaiah/40-18.htm">Isaiah 40:18-20</a> To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. <a href="/isaiah/46-5.htm">Isaiah 46:5-7</a> To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? / They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yet he restored the money to 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.two hundred<a href="/isaiah/46-6.htm">Isaiah 46:6,7</a> They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship… <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Jeremiah 10:9,10</a> Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/judges/16-31.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Image</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-16.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-14.htm">Metal-Worker</a> <a href="/judges/17-1.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/judges/18-31.htm">Micah's</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/judges/16-18.htm">Money</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/judges/17-2.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/judges/17-3.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/acts/19-24.htm">Silversmith</a> <a href="/judges/15-19.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Engraved</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/judges/18-11.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Idol</a> <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Image</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Metal</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Metal-Worker</a> <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Micah</a> <a href="/judges/17-8.htm">Micah's</a> <a href="/judges/18-14.htm">Molten</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">Money</a> <a href="/ruth/1-8.htm">Mother</a> <a href="/judges/18-18.htm">Pictured</a> <a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Pieces</a> <a href="/1_samuel/7-14.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Shekels</a> <a href="/judges/17-10.htm">Silver</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-4.htm">Silversmith</a> <a href="/judges/20-42.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Judges 17</div>1. <a href="/judges/17-1.htm">Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes idols</a> 5. <a href="/judges/17-5.htm">And he makes ornaments for them</a> 7. <a href="/judges/17-7.htm">He hires a Levite to be his priest</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/judges/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/judges/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So he returned the silver to his mother This phrase indicates a restitution of sorts, where the son returns the stolen silver to his mother. In the context of the Book of Judges, this act of returning the silver can be seen as a moment of repentance or acknowledgment of wrongdoing. The family dynamics here reflect the broader theme of moral and spiritual decline in Israel during this period, as everyone did what was right in their own eyes (<a href="/judges/21-25.htm">Judges 21:25</a>).and she took two hundred shekels of silver The amount of silver mentioned is significant, as it represents a substantial sum in ancient Israel. This reflects the wealth of the family and the seriousness of the idolatrous act that follows. The use of silver for religious purposes was common in the ancient Near East, but it was contrary to the commandments given to Israel (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4</a>).and gave them to a silversmith The involvement of a silversmith indicates a professional crafting of the idol, suggesting a deliberate and premeditated act of idolatry. This highlights the cultural influence of surrounding nations on Israel, where idol-making was a common practice. The use of skilled artisans for religious artifacts is also seen in the construction of the Tabernacle, but there it was for the worship of Yahweh (<a href="/exodus/31.htm">Exodus 31:1-11</a>).who made them into a graven image and a molten idol This phrase underscores the violation of the second commandment, which prohibits the making of graven images (<a href="/exodus/20-4.htm">Exodus 20:4-5</a>). The creation of both a graven image and a molten idol suggests a comprehensive attempt to establish a personal shrine, reflecting the syncretism and religious confusion of the time. This act is a direct affront to the worship of the one true God and illustrates the spiritual apostasy prevalent in the period of the Judges.And they were placed in the house of Micah The placement of the idols in Micah's house signifies the establishment of a private place of worship, which was contrary to the centralized worship that God had commanded at the Tabernacle. This act of setting up a household shrine reflects the decentralization and fragmentation of religious practice in Israel during this era. It foreshadows the later establishment of unauthorized places of worship in Israel, which would lead to further idolatry and eventual judgment (<a href="/1_kings/12-28.htm">1 Kings 12:28-30</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a> A man from the hill country of Ephraim who creates a shrine in his home, leading to idolatry. 2. <a href="/topical/m/micah's_mother.htm">Micah's Mother</a> She dedicates silver to the LORD but uses it to create an idol, reflecting syncretism in worship. 3. <a href="/topical/s/silversmith.htm">Silversmith</a> Craftsman who makes the idol, playing a role in the idolatrous practices. 4. <a href="/topical/i/idol.htm">Idol</a> Represents the spiritual decline and syncretism in Israel during the time of the Judges. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_micah.htm">House of Micah</a> The location where the idol is placed, becoming a center of false worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_syncretism.htm">The Danger of Syncretism</a> Mixing true worship with idolatry leads to spiritual confusion and decline. Believers must guard against incorporating worldly practices into their faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> God's commandments are clear about worship. Obedience to His Word is crucial for maintaining a right relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_family.htm">The Influence of Family</a> Micah's actions were influenced by his mother, showing the impact family can have on spiritual practices. Families should encourage one another in true worship. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> The absence of strong spiritual leadership in Israel led to everyone doing what was right in their own eyes. This highlights the need for godly leaders in the church and community. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Idolatry leads to separation from God and spiritual decay. Believers must be vigilant in identifying and removing idols from their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_judges_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Judges 17</a> <a href="/q/will_i_show_mercy.htm">Why is Dan excluded from Revelation's 144,000 list?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_micah_justify_his_shrine.htm">Why does Micah in Judges 17:5–6 feel justified in creating his own household shrine, despite the earlier commands against idol worship? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_micah's_mom_shift_from_curse_to_idol.htm">In Judges 17:1-4, how does Micah's mother shift from cursing the stolen silver to dedicating it for an idol, and what does this imply about her religious consistency?</a> <a href="/q/does_micah's_idol_challenge_israel's_unity.htm">Does the narrative of Micah's idol in Judges 17 undermine the unifying worship practices supposedly central to Israel's faith at that time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/judges/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Yet.--Rather, And.Two hundred shekels of silver.--Bertheau supposes that these two hundred shekels were not apart of the eleven hundred, but the trespass-money of one-fifth, which by the law Micah had to pay for his theft (Lev. 5:24). But apart from the sum not being exact, no such impression is given by the narrative. It is left to be understood that the remaining nine hundred shekels were spent in other parts of the idolatrous worship. (It may be mentioned, by way of passing illustration, that when Sir John Hawle was murdered in Westminster Abbey, the 200 paid in penance by his murderers seem to have been expended upon the purchase of a costly image, which was placed in the Chapel of St. Erasmus.)Gave them to the founder.--An illustration of the folly which Isaiah pursues with such a storm of irony and contempt (<a href="/context/isaiah/46-6.htm" title="They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship.">Isaiah 46:6-13</a>). These pesilim were originally of all sorts of materials (e.g., wood, brass, stone, and clay, <a href="/daniel/2-33.htm" title="His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.">Daniel 2:33</a>; <a href="/daniel/5-23.htm" title="But have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine in them; and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you not glorified:">Daniel 5:23</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm" title="But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.">Deuteronomy 7:5</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm" title="And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.">Deuteronomy 12:3</a>, &c.), but usually of metal (<a href="/isaiah/40-19.htm" title="The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains.">Isaiah 40:19</a>; <a href="/isaiah/44-10.htm" title="Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?">Isaiah 44:10</a>, &c.), adorned with plates and chains of precious metal, and embroidered robes (<a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm" title="Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.">Jeremiah 10:9</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/16-18.htm" title="And took your broidered garments, and covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them.">Ezekiel 16:18</a>, &c.). (See Excursus I.: Calf-Worship. ) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/judges/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - Yet he restored. Rather, so he restored, repeating what was said in ver. 3, and adding the consequence, that his mother took two hundred shekels and gave them to the founder. It is a great puzzle to explain why two hundred shekels only are here spoken of, and what became of the other nine hundred. Bertheau thinks the two hundred were different from the eleven hundred, and were the fifth part of the whole value stolen, which the thief, according to <a href="/leviticus/6-5.htm">Leviticus 6:5</a>, was bound to give in addition to the principal. He therefore translates ver. 4 thus: "So he restored the money to his mother (and his mother took two hundred shekels), and she gave it (the money 1100 shekels) to the founder," etc. Others understand that two hundred only were actually made into the graven and molten image, and the other nine hundred were devoted to other expenses of the worship. In the house of Micah. This explains, Now I will restore it unto thee, and, for my son to make, etc., in ver. 3. <a href="/commentaries/judges/17-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So he returned וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (way·yā·šeḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again the silver הַכֶּ֖סֶף (hak·ke·sep̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money to his mother, לְאִמּ֑וֹ (lə·’im·mōw) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) and she אִמּוֹ֩ (’im·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_517.htm">Strong's 517: </a> A mother, ) took וַתִּקַּ֣ח (wat·tiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take two hundred [shekels] מָאתַ֨יִם (mā·ṯa·yim) Number - fd <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3967.htm">Strong's 3967: </a> A hundred of silver כֶּ֜סֶף (ke·sep̄) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and gave וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ (wat·tit·tə·nê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set them to a silversmith, לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף (laṣ·ṣō·w·rêp̄) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6884.htm">Strong's 6884: </a> To smelt, refine, test who made them וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ (way·ya·‘ă·śê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make into a graven image פֶּ֣סֶל (pe·sel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6459.htm">Strong's 6459: </a> An idol, image and a molten idol. וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (ū·mas·sê·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4541.htm">Strong's 4541: </a> A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet And they were placed וַיְהִ֖י (way·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be in the house בְּבֵ֥ית (bə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Micah. מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃ (mî·ḵā·yə·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4319.htm">Strong's 4319: </a> Micaiah <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/judges/17-4.htm">Judges 17:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/judges/17-4.htm">OT History: Judges 17:4 When he restored the money to his (Jd Judg. 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