Judges 17:2

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 his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.

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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
mother	לְאִמּ֡וֹ le.'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hundred	אֶלֶף֩ 'e.Lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
silver	הַכֶּ֜סֶף ha.Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
taken	לֻֽקַּֽח lu.kach-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, pual perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
cursedst	אָלִית֙ 'a.Lit	H422	properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
spakest	אָמַ֣רְתְּ 'a.Mart	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
ears	בְּאָזְנַ֔י be.'a.ze.Nai	H241	broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
silver	הַכֶּ֥סֶף ha.Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
took	לְקַחְתִּ֑יו le.kach.Tiv	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mother	אִמּ֔וֹ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר va.To.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Blessed	בָּר֥וּךְ ba.Rukh	H1288	to kneel · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָֽה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
son	בְּנִ֖י be.Ni	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Nehemiah 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye sh…
Ruth 3:10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch…
1 Samuel 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
Matthew 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
2 John 1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Genesis 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 24:30-31 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, sayin…
Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:1-6

Here we have, I. Micah and his mother quarrelling. 1. The son robs the mother. The old woman had hoarded, with long scraping and saving, a great sum of money, 1100 pieces of silver. It is likely she intended, when she died, to leave it to her son: in the mean time it did her good to look upon it, and to count it over. The young man had a family of children grown up, for he had one of age to be a priest, Jdg 17:5. He knows where to find his mother's cash, thinks he has more need of it than she has, cannot stay till she dies, and so takes it away privately for his own use. Though it is a fault in parents to withhold from their children that which is meet, and lead them into temptation to wish…

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John Gill on Judges 17:2

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 taken from thee: which were taken away by stealth from her, though it may be rendered "taken to thee" (i); which she had taken to herself out of the rest of her substance, and had separated and devoted it to religious uses; but Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it as we do, and which seems to be the best sense; of the value of this sum; see Gill on Judges 16:5 and because the like sum is there offered, and was given to Delilah, hence some have thought, as Jarchi relates, that this woman was Delilah; bu…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:1-9

Jdg 17:1-3 A man of the mountains of Ephraim named Micah (מיכיהוּ, Jdg 17:1, Jdg 17:4, when contracted into מיכה, Jdg 17:5, Jdg 17:8, etc.), who set up this worship for himself, and "respecting whom the Scriptures do not think it worth while to add the name of his father, or to mention the family from which he sprang" (Berleb. Bible), had stolen 1100 shekels of silver (about 135) from his mother. This is very apparent from the words which he spoke to his mother (v. 2): "The thousand and hundred shekels of silver which were taken from thee (the singular לקּח refers to the silver), about which thou cursedst and spakest of also in mine ears (i.e., didst so utter the curse that among others I al…

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…
Piece Of Silver — I. In the Old Testament the word “pieces” is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in the Hebrew (if we except) (Psalms 68:30) The phrase is always “a thousand,” or the like, “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…
Conscience Money · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Dishonesty · .Mi — .Mi
Money · Conscience — Conscience
Shekel · Used to weigh silver — Used to weigh silver
Theft · Exemplified: Micah — Exemplified: Micah
Theft And Thieves · .Mi — .Mi

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

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:1-6

John Gill on Judges 17:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:1-9

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:1-6

John Gill on Judges 17:2

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:1-9

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 17:2