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Micah
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
or 1. The Morasthite, or of Maresheth, a village near Eleutheropolis, in the west of Judah; the seventh in order of the lesser prophets. He prophesied under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, for about fifty years, if with some we reckon from near the beginning of the reign of Jotham, to the last year of Hezekiah B. C. 750-698. He was nearly contemporary with Isaiah, and has some expressions in common with him. Compare Isaiah 2:2 with Micah 4:1 , and Isaiah 41:15 with Micah 4:13 . His bold fidelity served as a shield to the prophet Jeremiah a century afterwards, Jeremiah 26:18,19 Micah 3:12 . He wrote in an elevated and vehement style, with frequent transitions. His prophecy relates to the sins and judgments of Israel and Judah, the destruction of Samaria and Jerusalem, the return of the Jews from captivity, and the punishment of their enemies. He proclaims the coming of the Messiah, "whose going forth have been from of old, from everlasting," as the foundation of all hope for the glorious and blessed future he describes; and specifies Bethlehem in Judah as the place where He should be born of woman, Micah 5:2,3 . The prediction was thus understood by the Jews, Matthew 2:6 John 7:41,42 .
2. An Ephraimite in the time of the Judges, soon after Joshua, who stole eleven hundred shekels of silver from his mother, but restored them, and with her consent employed them in establishing a private sanctuary, with an image to be used in the worship of Jehovah, and with a Levite for his priest. Providence frowned on his idolatrous service, and a troop of Danites robbed him of his priest and of all implements of worship, Judges 17:13 .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Micah'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/m/micah.html. 1859.
