Judges 17:4

Judges 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus he returned the silver to his mother. Then his mother took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to the silversmith, and he made it into a carved image and a molded image; and they were in the house of Micah.

Context of Judges 17:4

2He said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver taken from you, and that I heard you place a curse on — here’s the silver. I took it.” Then his mother said, “My son, may you be blessed by the Lord!” 3He returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I personally consecrate the silver to the Lord for my son’s benefit to make a carved image and a silver idol. I will give it back to you.” So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took five pounds of silver and gave it to a silversmith. He made it into a carved image and a silver idol, and it was in Micah’s house. 5This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest. 6In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did whatever seemed right to him.

Judges 17:4 word by word

וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַתִּקַּ֣ח אִמּוֹ֩ מָאתַ֨יִם כֶּ֜סֶף וַתִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ לַצּוֹרֵ֗ף וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה וַיְהִ֖י בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽיְהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet he restoredשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• the moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• unto his motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• two hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them to the founderצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
• who madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thereof a graven imageפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
• and a molten imageמַסֵּכָהmassêkâh · molten metalH4541
• and they were in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of Micahמִיכָֽיְהוּmîykâyehû mikâyehû · MicahH4321

Cross-references for Judges 17:4

• Isaiah 46:6Those who pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales — they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god. Then they kneel and bow down to it.
• Jeremiah 10:9Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. The work of a craftsman and of a goldsmith’s hands is clothed in blue and purple, all the work of skilled artisans.

Commentaries on Judges 17:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4A graven image and a molten image - What these images were, we cannot positively say; they were most probably some resemblance of matters belonging to the tabernacle. See below.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4See Judges 8:27, note; Genesis 31:19, note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5We do not know what Micah’s mother did with the other 900 shekels. Perhaps she used them to pay for the shrine (literally house of gods).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-41. a man of mount Ephraim--that is, the mountainous parts of Ephraim. This and the other narratives that follow form a miscellaneous collection, or appendix to the Book of Judges. It belongs to a period when the Hebrew nation was in a greatly disordered and corrupt state. This episode of Micah is connected with Jud 1:34. It relates to his foundation of a small sanctuary of his own--a miniature representation of the Shiloh tabernacle--which he stocked with…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 17:4

• Money

In the dictionaries

• Micah
• Graven image
• Molten, Image
• Finer
• Idol
• Teraphim
• Bethlehem
• Ephod (1)
• Ezekiel
• Founder

Commentaries on Judges 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary