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Judges 17:4 Cross-References
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“Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.”
Judges 17:4 (KJV)
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Commentary on Judges 17:4
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder. This verse reveals dishonesty and half-hearted devotion. The mother claimed to dedicate all 1,100 shekels to Yahweh (verse 3), yet only gives 200 shekels (less than 20%) to actually create the idols—keeping 900 shekels for herself. Her "dedication" was mere religious rhetoric, not genuine consecration. The Hebrew term tsoref (צֹרֵף, "founder" or silversmith) indicates a professional craftsman, showing the deliberate, calculated nature of this idolatry.The phrase "graven i...
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“and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith”
“which is brought from Tarshish”