KJV Judges Chapter 17
1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name |was| Micah. 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. 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. 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. 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. 6 In those days |there was| no king in Israel, |but| every man did |that which was| right in his own eyes. 7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who |was| a Levite, and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find |a place|: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I |am| a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find |a place|. 10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten |shekels| of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 12 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 13 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 14 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to |my| priest.