house of Micah
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The house of Micah is a private shrine in the biblical Book of Judges where Micah installed idols and a personal priest, later appropriated by the migrating tribe of Dan.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Micah | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical location
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private shrine ⓘ |
| appropriatedBy | tribe of Dan ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
idolatry in ancient Israel
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illegitimate worship ⓘ private sanctuary ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe |
Dan (appropriating tribe)
NERFINISHED
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Ephraim (location context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | central sanctuary in Jerusalem (later ideal) ⓘ |
| cultObjectsTakenTo | Dan (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalContext |
Hebrew Bible
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ⓘ
Old Testament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulticViolation | use of images contrary to later biblical law ⓘ |
| hasCultObjects |
ephod
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teraphim ⓘ |
| hasGenre | historical narrative ⓘ |
| hasIdols |
graven image
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molten image ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveIssue | debate over historicity and composition of Judges 17–18 ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfPrimarySource | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeOutcome |
Micah loses idols and priest
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cult transferred to Dan ⓘ |
| hasOwnerAction |
Micah consecrated one of his sons as priest
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Micah hired a Levite as personal priest ⓘ |
| hasPriest |
Jonathan son of Gershom (traditional identification)
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Levite from Bethlehem in Judah ⓘ |
| hasPriestlyLine | Levite priest serving until day of captivity of the land (per text) ⓘ |
| hasProprietor | Micah (biblical figure in Judges 17–18) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReceptionHistory | frequently cited in discussions of Israelite domestic religion ⓘ |
| hasReligiousObjectFunction | household sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasSourceTradition | Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfPriesthood | non-centralized priesthood ⓘ |
| hasWealthSource | silver dedicated by Micah’s mother ⓘ |
| locatedInTextualRegion | hill country of Ephraim ⓘ |
| mentionedInChapter |
Judges 17
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Judges 18 ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | example of religious disorder in Israel ⓘ |
| plunderedBy |
spies from the tribe of Dan
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warriors of the tribe of Dan ⓘ |
| relatedPassage |
Judges 17:1–13
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Judges 18:1–31 ⓘ |
| religiousStatusInText | condemned implicitly by Deuteronomistic editors ⓘ |
| timeFrameInNarrative | period of the Judges ⓘ |
| worshipCharacterizedAs | syncretistic ⓘ |
| worshipDirectedTo | YHWH (as claimed in narrative) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Micah (Book of Judges)