מִיכָה

Judges 17:5 מִיכָ֔ה Micah

Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

Here: A short form of Mikayehu (17:1, 4), 'Who is like Yah(weh)?' The name praises the God who has no equal. Here it belongs to a man who sets up images, which is ironic.

Judges 17:8 מִיכָ֖ה Micah

This man left the city of Bethlehem in Judah to settle where he could find a place. And as he traveled, he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.

Here: A short form of Mikhayehu, 'Who is like YHWH?' (the long form is used in 17:1, 4). The name is ironic for a man who has made cast and carved images.

Judges 17:9 מִיכָ֖ה Micah

“Where are you from?” Micah asked him. “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”

Here: Short form of Mikhayehu (17:1, 4), “Who is like YHWH?” The name is ironic, since this man has just set up a private shrine with a silver image.

Judges 17:10 מִיכָ֜ה Micah

“Stay with me,” Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the Levite went in

Judges 17:12 מִיכָה֙ מִיכָֽה׃ Micah

Micah ordained the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in his house.

Here: Short form of Mikhayehu (17:1, 4), 'Who is like YHWH?'. The name is ironic, since this man is building a shrine with a carved image.

Judges 17:13 מִיכָ֔ה Micah

Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”

Here: A short form of Mikhayehu (17:1, 4), 'Who is like Yahweh?' A man whose name praises Yahweh's uniqueness has just set up a silver image and a private shrine.

Judges 18:2 מִיכָ֔ה Micah

So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

Judges 18:3 מִיכָ֔ה Micah

And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

Judges 18:4 מִיכָ֑ה Micah

“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”

Judges 18:13 מִיכָֽה׃ Micah

And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.

Judges 18:15 מִיכָ֑ה Micah

So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.

Judges 18:18 מִיכָ֔ה Micah

When they entered Micah’s house and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:22 מִיכָ֑ה מִיכָ֔ה Micah

After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.

Judges 18:23 לְמִיכָ֔ה to Micah

When they called out after them, the Danites turned to face them and said to Micah, “What is the matter with you that you have called out such a company?”

Judges 18:26 מִיכָ֗ה Micah

So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.

Judges 18:27 מִיכָ֗ה Micah

After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.

Judges 18:31 מִיכָ֖ה Micah

So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, and it was there the whole time the house of God was in Shiloh.

1 Chronicles 5:5 מִיכָ֥ה Micah

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

1 Chronicles 8:34 מִיכָֽה׃ ס Micah

The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

1 Chronicles 8:35 מִיכָ֑ה Micah

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 9:40 מִיכָֽה׃ Micah

The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

1 Chronicles 9:41 מִיכָ֑ה Micah

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

Here: The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth) and so the grandson of Jonathan and great-grandson of Saul. 2 Samuel 9:12 calls him "Mica". The name is a short form of Micaiah, "Who is like Yah(weh)?" He is not the prophet Micah, and not the Micah of Judges 17–18.

1 Chronicles 23:20 מִיכָ֣ה Micah

The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.

1 Chronicles 24:24 מִיכָ֔ה מִיכָ֖ה Micah

From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:25 מִיכָה֙ Micah

The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.

2 Chronicles 18:14 מִיכָה֙ O Micah

When Micaiah arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up and triumph,” Micaiah replied, “for they will be delivered into your hand.”

2 Chronicles 34:20 מִיכָ֜ה Micah

and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

Nehemiah 11:17 מִ֠יכָה Micah

Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Jeremiah 26:18 מִיכָה֙ Micah

“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

Here: The prophet of Micah 1–7. The name is a question, 'Who is like Yah?' The consonants here spell the longer form Mikayah, but the reading tradition says 'Micah' (see textual notes).

Micah 1:1 מִיכָה֙ Micah

This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

Here: A shortened form of Mikhayahu, 'Who is like Yah(weh)?' The name is itself a question about God's uniqueness, and the book ends by echoing it: 'Who is a God like you?' (7:18).