17Now there was a man from the mountains of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.H376H2022H669H8034H43212And he said to his mother, "The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, and on which you put a curse, even saying it in my ears—here is the silver with me; I took it." And his mother said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my son!"H559H517H505H3967H3701H3947H422H559H241H3701H3947H517H559H1288H3068H11213So when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, "I had wholly dedicated the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a molded image; now therefore, I will return it to you."H7725H505H3967H3701H517H517H559H6942H6942H3701H3068H3027H1121H6213H6459H4541H77254Thus 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.H7725H3701H517H517H3947H3967H3701H5414H6884H6213H6459H4541H1004H43215The man Micah had a shrine, and made an ephod and household idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.H376H4318H1004H430H6213H646H8655H4390H3027H259H1121H35486In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.H3117H4428H3478H376H6213H3477H58697Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah; he was a Levite, and was staying there.H5288H1035H3063H4940H3063H3881H14818The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.H376H3212H5892H1035H3063H1481H4672H935H2022H669H1004H4318H6213H18709And Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" So he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay."H4318H559H370H935H559H3881H1035H3063H1980H1481H467210Micah said to him, "Dwell with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your sustenance." So the Levite went in.H4318H559H3427H1H3548H5414H6235H3701H3117H6187H899H4241H3881H321211Then the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man became like one of his sons to him.H3881H2974H3427H376H5288H259H112112So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and lived in the house of Micah.H4318H4390H3027H3881H5288H3548H1004H431813Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, since I have a Levite as priest!"H559H4318H3045H3068H3190H3881H3548