Judges 17:4

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
restored	וַיָּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
money	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	אִמּוֹ֩ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
took	וַתִּקַּ֣ח va.ti.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
hundred	מָאתַ֨יִם ma.Ta.yim	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine dual absolute
silver	כֶּ֜סֶף Ke.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
gave	וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ va.ti.te.Ne.hu	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
founder	לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף la.tzo.Ref	H6884	to fuse (metal) · preposition with the article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
made	וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ vai.ya.'a.Se.hu	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
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
house	בְּבֵ֥ית be.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Micah	מִיכָֽיְהוּ mi.Kha.ye.hu	H4321	Mikajah · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Isaiah 46:6-7 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 wo…
Jeremiah 10:9-10 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…

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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 17:4

Yet he restored the money unto his mother,.... Gave it to her a second tithe, not as disapproving her idolatrous intention, as the sequel shows, but being desirous to be entirely free of it, and not have his mind disturbed with it as it had been, and that she might do with it as she thought fit: 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; the other nine hundred pieces she kept to herself, repenting of her vow, and being unwilling to part with so much money for such an use; or else they were laid out in an ephod, and teraphim, and what else were thought necessary for the idolatrous worship they were abo…

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Dictionary and topics

Finer — A worker in silver and gold (Prov. 25:4). In Judg. 17:4 the word (tsoreph) is rendered “founder,” and in Isa. 41:7 “goldsmith.”
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…
Arts Of The · Founder — Founder
Idolatry · Exemplified: Micah — Exemplified: Micah
Metals · Cast in mould — Cast in mould
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as

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 17:4

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 17:4

Dictionary and topics

Judges 17:4

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 17:4

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 17:1-9

Rashi on Judges 17:3