5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Focused Passage
Judges 17:5-6
Micah's Shrine: Private Religion in a Leaderless Israel
Judges 17 begins the book's double epilogue by showing covenant disorder at the household level: Micah returns stolen silver, his mother dedicates it to the LORD while commissioning images, Micah builds a private shrine and priesthood, and a wandering Levite is hired to give the arrangement a veneer of legitimacy.
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Verse 5
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Now this manוְהָאִ֣ישׁH376Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularMicahמִיכָ֔הH4318Noun - proper - masculine singularhadל֖וֹPreposition | third person masculine singulara shrineבֵּ֣יתH1004Noun - masculine singular construct. . .אֱלֹהִ֑יםH430Noun - masculine pluraland he madeוַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularan ephodאֵפוֹד֙H646Noun - masculine singularand some household idolsוּתְרָפִ֔יםH8655Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluraland ordainedוַיְמַלֵּ֗אH4390Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object marker-יַ֤דH3027Noun - feminine singular constructoneאַחַד֙H259Number - masculine singularof his sonsמִבָּנָ֔יוH1121Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular[as]וַיְהִי־H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularhisל֖וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularpriestלְכֹהֵֽן׃H3548Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
BSB notes
- Hebrew filled the hand of; also in verse 12
Verse 6
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In thoseהָהֵ֔םH1992Article | Pronoun - third person masculine pluraldaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםH3117Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine pluralthere was noאֵ֥יןH369Adverbkingמֶ֖לֶךְH4428Noun - masculine singularin Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singulareveryoneאִ֛ישׁH376Noun - masculine singulardid [what was]יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃פH6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularrightהַיָּשָׁ֥רH3477Article | Adjective - masculine singularin his own eyesבְּעֵינָ֖יוH5869Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular