And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother,....
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Judges 17:3
Judges 17:3
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Judges 17 — OverviewJudges 17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAll agree that what is related in this and the rest of the chapters to
the end of this book was not done, as the narrative occurs, after
Samson, but long before, even soon after the death of Joshua, in the
days…Judges 17 — OverviewJudges 17 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 17:1, Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images; Judges 17:5, and he ornaments for them; Judges 17:7, He hires a Levite to be his priest.Judges 17 — OverviewJudges 17 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates the first rise of idolatry in Israel after the death of Joshua, which began in Mount Ephraim, occasioned by a sum of money stolen by a man from his mother, which being restored, part was converted…Judges 17:1-6Judges 17:1-6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere 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,…Judges 17:3Judges 17:3 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI had wholly: Judges 17:13, Judges 18:5; Isaiah 66:3
a graven image: Exodus 20:4, Exodus 20:23; Leviticus 19:4; Deuteronomy 12:3; Psalms 115:4-8; Isaiah 40:18-25, Isaiah 44:9-20; Jeremiah 10:3-5, Jeremiah 10:8;…