The Founders and Rulers of United Israel (Volume 2); From the Death of Moses to the Division of the Hebrew Kingdom (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ally being worked out. There was fought the great battle which gave the Hebrews possession of Canaan, and there were laid the foundations for the future Hebrew empire. XXXIV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DANITE TRIBE AND SANCTUARY 1. on- Now there was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Mirah-s whose name was Micah. And he said to his mother, The sane- eleven hundred shekels of silver which were taken from you, about which you took an oath, saying it aloud in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; it was I who took it. Now therefore I restore it to you. And his mother said, Blessed of Jehovah is my son. Then he restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother and his mother said, I solemnly consecrate the silver to Jehovah from my hand through my son, to make a carved and a molten image. So, when he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made with it a carved and a molten image; and it was in the house of Micah. And the man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household gods, and installed one of his sons who became his priest. In those days there was no king in Israel; every one did as he thought was right. 2. Aii- Now there was a young man of Bethlehem in Judah of me"t of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was dwelling ayojjs there. And the man departed from the city, from Bethle- as ws hem in Judah, to make his home in whatever place he could pnest find. And as he journeyed, he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. And Micah said to him, Whence do you come? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am travelling to find a home, wherever I may. And Micah said to him, Stay with me, and be a father and a priest to ...