About which thou cursedst, i.e. didst curse the person who had taken them away, and that in my hearing, as it follows. I took it; the fear of thy curse makes me acknowledge mine offence, and beg thy pardon. Blessed be thou of the Lord; I willingly consent to and beg from God the removal of the curse, and a blessing instead of it. Be thou free from my curse, because thou hast so honestly restored it.
Verse Judges 17:2. _ABOUT WHICH THOU CURSEDST_] Houbigant and others understand this of _putting the young man to his oath_. It is likely that when the mother of Micah missed the money, she poured imp...
THOU CURSEDST - or, “adjuredst me by God.” Compare Matthew 26:63; Leviticus 5:1....
III. THE APPENDIX: ISRAEL'S INTERNAL CORRUPTION 1. Micah's and Dan's Idolatry and Its Punishment CHAPTER 17 The Images Made and the Hired Priest _ 1. The stolen money restored and the images (Judge...
MICAH'S GRAVEN IMAGE. The dread of a curse, uttered by an indignant mother against the unknown thief of her money, made the culprit, her own son, confess his guilt. At a certain stage of religious dev...
JUDGES 17-18. This section is the first of two supplements. It explains the origin of the famous shrine at Dan, and the _naî veté_ of its moral and religious ideas proves how ancient it is. In not a f...
ELEVEN HUNDRED. See note on Judges 16:5. TAKEN. Idolatry in Israel commenced with dishonesty. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_eleven hundred_pieces _of silver_ See on Judges 16:5. _and didst also speak it_ A paraphrase; lit. -and didst also say.…" The text of Judges 17:2-3 has suffered disturbance; the words of the speech a...
ABOUT WHICH THOU CURSEDST— Houbigant renders this, _and for which you put me to my oath;_ connecting the whole sentence thus: _the eleven hundred shekels of silver which thou saidst in my hearing were...
DOUBLE APPENDIX Judges 17:1 to Judges 21:25 The Idolatry of Dan Judges 17:1 to Judges 18:31 Micah's Images...
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER, THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THEE, ABOUT WHICH THOU CURSEDST, AND SPAKEST OF ALSO IN MINE EARS, BEHOLD, THE SILVER IS WITH ME; I TOOK IT. AND...
THE STORY OF MICAH This story, which is continued in the following c, is undoubtedly a very old one. In striking contrast to many other narrative portions of the Old Testament, there is in the body of...
ELEVEN HUNDRED] see on Judges 16:5. TAKEN] as appears from the following clause, stolen. The mother's curse (though she is ignorant of the thief) will not allow Micah to rest till the money is restore...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 17 V1 There was a man called Micah from the hilly country where Ephraim’s *tribe lived. V2 He said to his mother, ‘Someone stole the 1100 pieces of...
HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER. — The story is singularly abbreviated, and all details as to how she had acquired the money, &c., are left to conjecture. THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER. — The value of...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר לְ אִמֹּ֡ו אֶלֶף֩ וּ מֵאָ֨ה
THE STOLEN GODS Judges 17:1, Judges 18:1 THE portion of the Book of Judges which begins with the seventeenth chapter and extends to the close is not in immediate connection with that which has gone b...
Here begins the final section of the Book of Judges which is of the nature of an appendix. The events here recorded must have taken place closely following the death of Joshua. They give us a picture...
Mother. A rich (Calmet) old widow, since she had grandchildren, one of whom was appointed to serve her domestic chapel. (Menochius) --- She had lost a sum of money, and was venting imprecations agains...
Observe how, out of the same mouth, when there is no grace in the heart, come cursings or blessings. It seems very plain that money was the idol of both. Hence the son robbed the mother, and the mothe...
My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 THROUGH 21. The Chapter s that follow (17-21) are not comprised in the historical order of this book. They lift the veil to disclose some incidents of the...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIS MOTHER,.... Who seems to have been a widow, and an ancient woman since Micah had sons, and one of them at age to become a priest: THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER THAT WERE T...
And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [shekels] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it....
_About which thou cursedst_ That is, didst curse the person who had taken it away. The mother seems to have uttered this curse in the hearing of her son; who, being struck therewith, confessed that he...
1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother maketh Images, 5 and hee ornaments for them. 6 He hireth a Leuite to be his Priest. 1 AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose na...
THE MAKING OF THE IMAGE...
And he said unto his mother, evidently a widow to whom her husband had left a considerable sum of money, THE ELEVEN HUNDRED SHEKELS OF SILVER (about $700) THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THEE, ABOUT WHICH THOU C...
BOLD IDOLATRY IN ISRAEL (vv. 1-13) Samson was the last judge in Israel. The last five Chapter s of Judges -- 17 to 21 -- deal with conditions during the time of the Judges, so do not necessarily tak...
1-6 What is related in this, and the rest of the chapters to the end of this book, was done soon after the death of Joshua: see chap. Judges 20:28. That it might appear how happy the nation was under...
Judges 17:2 said H559 (H8799) mother H517 hundred H505 H3967 silver H3701 taken H3947 (H8795) curse...
Judges 17:2 a ‘And he said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke of to me, behold, the silver is with me. I to...
CONTENTS: Micah's worship in self will. CHARACTERS: Micah, his mother, a Levite. CONCLUSION: The love of money makes much mischief; destroys the duty and comfort of every relation and frequently lea...
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._...
_Micah._ MICAH’S MOTHER In 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...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 17:1 The Depths of Israel’s Unfaithfulness. Whereas chs. Judges 2:1 describe external threats to Israel, chs....
IDOLATRY IN ITS INCIPIENT STAGE—BY IMAGE-WORSHIP (Judges 17:1.) _HOMILETICS_ I. IDOLATRY BEGINS WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOT UPRIGHT IN MORAL CONDUCT. Judges 17:1. Micah himself is first heard of as stea...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 17:1 We here light upon quite a different kind of history from that which has preceded. We no longer have to do with judges and their mighty deeds in delivering Israel from his oppr...
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 se...
1 Corinthians 16:22; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 23:21;...
Cursedst — That is, didst curse the person who had taken them away. I took it — The fear of thy curse makes me acknowledge mine offence, and beg thy pardon. Blessed — I willingly consent to, and beg f...