Judg 17:4-6 | NET2full | STEP | When he gave the silver back to his mother , she took 200 pieces of silver to a silversmith , who made them into a carved image and a metal image . She then put them in Micah’s house .

Judges 17:4-6

4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she ^{▼▼tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.} took 200 pieces of silver ^{▼▼tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.} to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”} 5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ^{▼▼tn Heb “house of God.”} He made an ephod ^{▼▼sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).} and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”} 6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ^{▼▼tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”}