17Now a man named Micah from the hill country of EphraimH376H2022H669H8034H43212said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it." Then his mother said, "The LORD bless you, my son!"H559H517H505H3967H3701H3947H422H559H241H3701H3947H517H559H1288H3068H11213When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, "I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will give it back to you."H7725H505H3967H3701H517H517H559H6942H6942H3701H3068H3027H1121H6213H6459H4541H77254So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into the image and the idol. And they were put in Micah's house.H7725H3701H517H517H3947H3967H3701H5414H6884H6213H6459H4541H1004H43215Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some idols and installed one of his sons as his priest.H376H4318H1004H430H6213H646H8655H4390H3027H259H1121H35486In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.H3117H4428H3478H376H6213H3477H58697A young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who had been living within the clan of Judah,H5288H1035H3063H4940H3063H3881H14818left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way he came to Micah's house in the hill country of Ephraim.H376H3212H5892H1035H3063H1481H4672H935H2022H669H1004H4318H6213H18709Micah asked him, "Where are you from?" "I'm a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah," he said, "and I'm looking for a place to stay."H4318H559H370H935H559H3881H1035H3063H1980H1481H467210Then Micah said to him, "Live with me and be my father and priest, and I'll give you ten shekels of silver a year, your clothes and your food."H4318H559H3427H1H3548H5414H6235H3701H3117H6187H899H4241H3881H321211So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man was to him like one of his sons.H3881H2974H3427H376H5288H259H112112Then Micah installed the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.H4318H4390H3027H3881H5288H3548H1004H431813And Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest."H559H4318H3045H3068H3190H3881H3548