Judges 17 in the early church
6 passages quote, allude to, or echo Judges 17, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Judges 17:1
Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judg 17:1–13 | Judges, lines 721–744 · Cyprianus Gallus | allusion, high confidence | early 5th cent. |
Judges 17:4
So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judg 17:4 | Letter 29.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Judges 17:5
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.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judg 17:5 | Eclogae on Exodus-Judges, column 943 · Origen | quotation, high confidence | ca. 220-254 |
| Judg 17:5 | Letter 29.3 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
| Judg 17:5 | Letter 29.6 · Jerome | allusion, high confidence | ca. 370–419 |
Judges 17:6
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judg 17:6 | Question 46, section 11 · Ambrosiaster | quotation, high confidence | ca. 370–384 |