Judges 17:3
“And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother,.... The whole sum, having embezzled none of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Such a superstitious and unlawful mode of worshipping Yahweh is quite of a piece with Jdg 8:27; Jdg 11:31; 1Ki 12:28,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 17:1-6
Here we have, I. Micah and his mother quarrelling. 1. The son robs the mother. The old woman had hoarded, with long…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
from my hand for my son LXX. cod. A and Luc. reads from my hand alone, with a slight change in the Hebr.; i.e. the…
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