Judges 17:13

Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Micah	מִיכָ֔ה mi.Khah	H4318	Micah · proper noun, a man's name
know	יָדַ֔עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
good	יֵיטִ֥יב yei.Tiv	H3190	to be (causative) make well · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Levite	הַלֵּוִ֖י ha.le.Vi	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
priest	לְכֹהֵֽן le.kho.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Matthew 15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Acts 26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Romans 10:2-3 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Isaiah 66:3-4 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if…
Matthew 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:7–end

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 he went to sojourn where he could find a place, and in his travels came to the house of Micah in Mount Ephraim, Jdg 17:8. Now, 1. Some think it was his unhappiness that he was under a necessity of removi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:13

Now know I that the Lord will do me good--The removal of his son, followed by the installation of this Levite into the priestly office, seems to have satisfied his conscience, that by what he deemed the orderly ministrations of religion he would prosper. This expression of his hope evinces the united influence of ignorance and superstition. Next: Judges Chapter 18

John Gill on 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 tribe the priests were, and so the nearest to them of any, and which he thought would be acceptable to God, and an omen of good to himself.

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:10–end

Micah made this proposal to the Levite: "Dwell with me, and become my father and priest; I will give thee ten shekels of silver yearly, and fitting out with clothes and maintenance." אב, father, is an honourable title give to a priest as a paternal friend and spiritual adviser, and is also used with reference to prophets in Kg2 6:21 and Kg2 13:14, and applied to Joseph in Gen 45:8. ליּמים, for the days, sc., for which a person was engaged, i.e., for the year (cf. Sa1 27:7, and Lev 25:29). "And the Levite went," i.e., went to Micah's house. This meaning is evident from the context. The repetition of the subject, "the Levite," precludes our connecting it with the following verb ויּואל. - In Jd…

Dictionary and topics

Micah — A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in Judg. 17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of…
Teraphim — Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small, analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. In order to deceive the guards sent by Saul to seize David, Michal…
Jonathan · idolatry; joins the Danites — idolatry; joins the Danites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:13

John Gill on Judges 17:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:10–end

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:7–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:13

John Gill on Judges 17:13

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:10–end

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 17:10