Judges 17:13 — Meaning and Application

Judges 17:1

"And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name {was} Micah."

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."

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."

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."

Judges 17:5

"And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. {consecrated: Heb. filled the hand}"

Judges 17:6

"In those days {there was} no king in Israel, {but} every man did {that which was} right in his own eyes."