Micah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah? (1.) A man
of
Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in
Judg. 17,
apparently for the purpose of leading to an account
of the
settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Israel,
and for
the purpose also of illustrating the lawlessness of
the times in
which he lived (Judg. 18; 19:1-29; 21:25).
(2.) The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), 1 Chr.
8:34, 35.
(3.) The first in rank of the priests of the family
of
Kohathites (1 Chr. 23:20).
(4.) A descendant of Joel the Reubenite (1 Chr.
5:5).
(5.) "The Morasthite," so called to distinguish him
from
Micaiah, the son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). He was a
prophet of
Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah (Micah 1:1), a
native of
Moresheth of Gath (1:14, 15). Very little is known
of the
circumstances of his life (comp. Jer. 26:18, 19).
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