They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
- BSB And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
- NKJV And they passed from there to the mountains of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
- NASB And they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
- NLT Then they went on from there into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
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Quick answer
The Danites travel on to the hill country of Ephraim and arrive at Micah's house. This brings them to the shrine described in chapter 17.
Overview
Micah's house held an illicit shrine with an ephod, teraphim, and idols, served by a wandering Levite. The Danites' arrival here links the tribe's migration to the idolatry already condemned in the previous chapter. The convergence sets up the theft of both the idols and the priest.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 24:30They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
- Judg 19:1In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.
- Judg 17:1There was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
- Josh 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judg 18:2–3The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
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