So when he restored the money to his mother, his mother (A)took 200 pieces of silver and gave it to the silversmith, who made it into a carved image and a metal image. And it was in the house of Micah. And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made (B)an ephod and (C)household gods, and (D)ordained[a] one of his sons, who became his priest. (E)In those days there was no king in Israel. (F)Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 17:5 Hebrew filled the hand of; also verse 12

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