Judges 17:3

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
restored	וַיָּ֛שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hundred	אֶֽלֶף 'e.lef-	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
silver	הַכֶּ֖סֶף ha.Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
mother	לְאִמּ֑וֹ le.'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mother	אִמּ֡וֹ '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
wholly	הַקְדֵּ֣שׁ hak.Desh	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
dedicated	הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי hik.Dash.ti	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
silver	הַכֶּסֶף֩ ha.ke.Sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֨ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
hand	מִיָּדִ֜י mi.ya.Di	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
son	לִבְנִ֗י liv.Ni	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
make	לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ la.'a.sOt	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
image	פֶּ֣סֶל Pe.sel	H6459	an idol · noun, common masculine singular absolute
image	וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה u.ma.se.Khah	H4541	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
restore	אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ 'a.shi.Ve.nu	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or th…
Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 20:23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Exodus 34:17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Deuteronomy 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of th…
Judges 17:13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Judges 18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Psalms 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

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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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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:3

a graven image and a molten image--The one carved from a block of wood or stone, to be plated over with silver; the other, a figure formed of the solid metal cast into a mould. It is observable, however, that only two hundred shekels were given to the founder. Probably the expense of making two such figures of silver, with their appurtenances (pedestals, bases, &c.), might easily cost, in those days, two hundred shekels, which (at 2 shillings, 4 pence each, is about 23 pounds) would be a sum not adequate to the formation of large statues [TAYLOR, Fragments].

John Gill on Judges 17:3

And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother,.... The whole sum, having embezzled none of it: his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand, for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; this she had done either before it was stolen, and it troubled her the more, and caused her the rather to curse the man that had taken it; or after it was stolen, that if it should be recovered again she would appropriate it to such an use; so Abarbinel; and by the Lord, or Jehovah, she doubtless meant the true God; for she had no intention to forsake him, but to worship him in and by these images, and which she designed for the use of h…

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Dictionary and topics

Idol — (1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.). (2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of…
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…
Parents · Bad - Exemplified: Mother of Micah — Bad - Exemplified: Mother of Micah
Shekel · Used to weigh silver — Used to weigh silver

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).

Judges 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:3

John Gill on Judges 17:3

Dictionary and topics

Judges 17:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 17:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 17:3

John Gill on Judges 17:3

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:1-9

Rashi on Judges 17:3