Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Judges Chapter 17
Overview
Jdg 17:1, Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother makes images; Jdg 17:5, and he ornaments for them; Jdg 17:7, He hires a Levite to be his priest.
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there was: It is extremely difficult to fix the chronology of this and the following transactions. Some think them to be here in their natural order; others that they happened in the time of Joshua, or immediately after the ancients who outlived him. All that can be said with certainly is, that they happened when there was no king in Israel; that is, about the time of the judges, or in some time of the anarchy (Jdg 17:6.)
mount: Jdg 10:1; Jos 15:9, Jos 17:14-18
about: etc. Houbigant renders this, "and for which you put me to my oath."
cursedst: Jdg 5:23; Deu 27:16; Sa1 14:24, Sa1 14:28, Sa1 26:19; Neh 13:25; Jer 48:10; Mat 26:74; Rom 9:3; Co1 16:22
I took it: Pro 28:24
Blessed: Gen 14:19, Gen 24:30, Gen 24:31; Exo 20:7; Rut 3:10; Sa1 23:21; Neh 13:25; Psa 10:3; Jo2 1:11
I had wholly: Jdg 17:13, Jdg 18:5; Isa 66:3
a graven image: Exo 20:4, Exo 20:23; Lev 19:4; Deu 12:3; Psa 115:4-8; Isa 40:18-25, Isa 44:9-20; Jer 10:3-5, Jer 10:8; Hab 2:18, Hab 2:19; Joh 16:2
two hundred: Isa 46:6, Isa 46:7; Jer 10:9, Jer 10:10
an house of gods: or, as baith Elohim may also signify, "a house of God." Jdg 18:24; Gen 31:30; Ezr 1:7; Hos 8:14
ephod: Jdg 8:27, Jdg 18:14; Exo 28:4, Exo 28:15; Sa1 23:6
teraphim: Gen 31:19, Gen 31:30 *marg. Hos 3:4
consecrated: Heb. filled the hand, Exo 29:9; Kg1 12:31, Kg1 13:33, Kg1 13:34; Heb 5:4
his sons: Exo 24:5
no king: Jdg 18:1, Jdg 19:1, Jdg 21:3, Jdg 21:25; Gen 36:31; Deu 33:5
right: Deu 12:8; Psa 12:4; Pro 12:15, Pro 14:12, Pro 16:2; Ecc 11:9; Jer 44:16, Jer 44:17
Beth-lehem-judah, Jdg 19:1, Jdg 19:2; Gen 35:19; Jos 19:15; Rut 1:1, Rut 1:2; Mic 5:2; Mat 2:1, Mat 2:5, Mat 2:6
of the family: That is, of the tribe of Judah by his mother; and of that of Levi by his father.
departed: Jdg 17:11; Neh 13:10, Neh 13:11
as he journeyed: Heb. in making his way
a father: Jdg 17:11, Jdg 18:19; Gen 45:8; Kg2 6:21, Kg2 8:8, Kg2 8:9, Kg2 13:14; Job 29:16; Isa 22:21
I will give: Jdg 18:20; Sa1 2:36; Eze 13:19; Mat 26:15; Joh 12:6; Ti1 6:10; Pe1 5:2
a suit of apparel: or, a double suit, etc. Heb. an order of garments
consecrated: Jdg 17:5
his priest: Jdg 18:30; Num 16:5, Num 16:8-10; Kg1 12:31, Kg1 13:33, Kg1 13:34
Pro 14:12; Isa 44:20, Isa 66:3, Isa 66:4; Mat 15:9, Mat 15:13; Joh 16:2; Act 26:9; Rom 10:2, Rom 10:3