{"id":"JDG.17.1","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":1,"reference":"Judges 17:1","text":"And there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah."}
{"id":"JDG.17.2","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":2,"reference":"Judges 17:2","text":"And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah."}
{"id":"JDG.17.3","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":3,"reference":"Judges 17:3","text":"And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I verily dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee."}
{"id":"JDG.17.4","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":4,"reference":"Judges 17:4","text":"And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah."}
{"id":"JDG.17.5","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":5,"reference":"Judges 17:5","text":"And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest."}
{"id":"JDG.17.6","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":6,"reference":"Judges 17:6","text":"In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes."}
{"id":"JDG.17.7","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":7,"reference":"Judges 17:7","text":"And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there."}
{"id":"JDG.17.8","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":8,"reference":"Judges 17:8","text":"And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed."}
{"id":"JDG.17.9","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":9,"reference":"Judges 17:9","text":"And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place."}
{"id":"JDG.17.10","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":10,"reference":"Judges 17:10","text":"And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in."}
{"id":"JDG.17.11","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":11,"reference":"Judges 17:11","text":"And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons."}
{"id":"JDG.17.12","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":12,"reference":"Judges 17:12","text":"And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah."}
{"id":"JDG.17.13","translation_id":"asv-eng-asv","book_id":"JDG","book":"Judges","chapter":17,"verse":13,"reference":"Judges 17:13","text":"Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest."}