Chapter 17:
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Judges 17
Concise Complete
The beginning of idolatry in Israel, Micah and his
mother. (1-6) Micah hires a Levite to be his priest. (7-13)
Verses 1-6 What is
related in this, and the rest of the chapters to the end of this book, was done
soon after the death of Joshua: see chap.
judges 20:28. That it
might appear how happy the nation was under the Judges, here is showed how
unhappy they were when there was no Judge. The love of money made Micah so
undutiful to his mother as to rob her, and made her so unkind to her son, as to
curse him. Outward losses drive good people to their prayers, but bad people to
their curses. This woman's silver was her god, before it was made into a graven
or a molten image. Micah and his mother agreed to turn their money into a god,
and set up idol worship in their family. See the cause of this corruption. Every
man did that which was right in his own eyes, and then they soon did that which
was evil in the sight of the Lord.
Verses 7-13 Micah
thought it was a sign of God's favour to him and his images, that a Levite
should come to his door. Thus those who please themselves with their own
delusions, if Providence unexpectedly bring any thing to their hands that
further them in their evil way, are apt from thence to think that God is pleased
with them.
Chapter 17:
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