A prophet of Moresheth who foretold Bethlehem as the Messiah's birthplace. The King James Version names Micah in 2 verses, from Jeremiah 26:18 to Micah 1:1. The King James Version also gives the name Micah to 3 other people, listed on this page.
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Who Micah was.
“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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All 2 verses that name this Micah.
Jeremiah 1
Jeremiah 26:18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Micah 1
Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Other people called Micah.
Micah, a man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in….
Named in 19 verses.
Judges 17:1And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Judges 17:4Yet 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 17:5And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges 17:8And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Judges 17:9And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
Judges 17:10And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Judges 17:12And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Judges 17:13Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
Judges 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Judges 18:3When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
Judges 18:4And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Judges 18:13And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Judges 18:15And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Judges 18:18And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges 18:22And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Judges 18:23And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
Judges 18:26And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
Judges 18:27And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Judges 18:31And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Micah, the son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), 1 Chr.
Named in 5 verses.
2 Samuel 9:12And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
1 Chronicles 8:34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles 8:35And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
1 Chronicles 9:40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.
1 Chronicles 9:41And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
A prophet of Moresheth who foretold Bethlehem as the Messiah's birthplace. The King James Version names Micah in 2 verses, from Jeremiah 26:18 to Micah 1:1.
Where does Micah speak in the Bible?
In 66 verses of the King James Version, all in Micah. Her first words are in Micah 1:2.