Judges 17:1-3

International Standard Version

Micah’s Descent into Idolatry

17 A man named Micah lived in the mountainous region^[a] of the territory of^[b] Ephraim. ² He told his mother, “Do you remember^[c] those 1,100 silver coins that were stolen from you and about which you uttered a curse when I could hear it? Well, I have the silver. I took it.”

So she replied, “May my son be blessed by the Lord.”

³ Her son gave back the 1,100 silver coins to his mother, and she said, “I’m totally giving this silver—from my hand to the Lord—so my son can make a carved image and a cast image. So I’m returning it to you.”