Micah in Biblical History

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Who is Micah?
MI'CAH
(who is like Jehovah?). 1. An idolater in Mount Ephraim who persuaded a Levite to officiate as his priest, but had his idols stolen from him by a troop of Danites. Judg 17-18. 2. The sixth of the minor prophets, is called the Morashite, from his birthplace Moresheh, a village in the neighborhood of Eleutheropolis, in the territory of Gath, westward from Jerusalem. He prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, b.c. 750-698, and was a contemporary of Isaiah, whom he often resembles in style and expressions. Compare, for instance, Isa 2:2 with Mic 4:1, or Isa 41:15 with Mic 4:13. The Book of Micah contains prophecies concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Samaria is threatened with complete devastation, and Jerusalem with destruction and the captivity of its inhabitants. He admonishes them to repent, but he predicts also the return of the divine mercy and blessing, with a pardon of their sins. Then shall the mount of the temple be glorious and foreign nations will acknowledge Jehovah as their Lord, and henceforth there shall be no more war. In his prophecies concerning Messiah he is very precise. The prediction that Christ should be born in Bethlehem belongs to him. Song of Solomon 5:2. His style is poetic throughout, pure, rich in images and plays upon words, bold and lofty, but sometimes abrupt and obscure. 1. A Reubenite, the ancestor of Beerah. 1 Chr 5:5. 2. The son of Mephibosheth, and grandson of Jonathan, 1 Chr 8:34-35; 1 Chr 9:40-41; called Micha in 2 Sam 9:12. 3. A Levite of the family of Asaph, 1 Chr 9:15; called Micha in Neh 11:17, Josh 11:22, and Michaiah in Neh 12:35. 4. A Kohathite Levite, the son of Uzziel, 1 Chr 23:20; called Michah in 1 Chr 24:24-25. 5. The father of Abdon, a high official in the reign of Josiah, 2 Chr 34:20; called Michaiah in 2 Kgs 22:12.

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