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MICAH @ the Morasthite, a prophet SEE Passage Book of Micah.

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MICAH - M>@ - (who is like God?), the same name as Micaiah. MICAIAH An Israelite whose familiar story is preserved in the 17th and 18th chapters of Judges. Micah is evidently a devout believers in Jehovah, and yet so completely ignorant is he of the law of Jehovah that the mode which he adopts of honoring him is to make a molten and graven image, teraphim or images of domestic gods, and to set up an unauthorized priesthood, first in his own family, kjv@Judges:17:5) and then in the person of a Levite not of the priestly line. ver. kjv@Judges:17:12) A body of 600 Danites break in upon and steal his idols from him. The sixth in order of the minor prophets. He is called the Morasthite, that is, a native of Moresheth, a small village near Eleutheropolis to the east, where formerly the prophet’s tomb was shown, though in the days of Jerome it had been succeeded by a church. Micah exercised the prophetical office during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, giving thus a maximum limit of 59 years, B.C. 756-697, from the accession of Jotham to the death of Hezekiah, and a minimum limit of 16 years, B.C. 742-726, from the death of Jotham to the accession of Hezekiah. He was contemporary with Hosea and Amos during the part of their ministry in Israel, and with Isaiah in Judah. A descendant of Joel the Reubenite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:5) The son of Meribbaal or Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:34-35 kjv@1Chronicles:9:40-41) A Kohathite levite, the eldest son of Uzziel the brother of Amram. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:30) The father of Abdon, a man of high station in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:34:20)

MICAH, THE BOOK OF - M>@ - Three sections of this work represent three natural divisions of the prophecy
1, 2; 3-5; 6-7
each commencing with rebukes and threatening and closing with a promise. The first section opens with a magnificent description of the coming of Jehovah to judgment for the sins and idolatries of Israel and Judah, ch. kjv@1:2-4, and the sentence pronounced upon Samaria, vs. 5-9, by the Judge himself. The sentence of captivity is passed upon them. kjv@Micah:2:10) but is followed instantly by a promise of restoration and triumphant return. ch. kjv@Micah:2:12-13) The second section is addressed especially to the princes and heads of the people: their avarice and rapacity are rebuked in strong terms; but the threatening is again succeeded by a promise of restoration. In the last section, chs. 6-7, Jehovah, by a bold poetical figure, is represented as holding a controversy with his people, pleading with them in justification of his conduct toward them and the reasonableness of his requirements. The whole concludes with a triumphal song of joy at the great deliverance, like that from Egypt, which jehovah will achieve, and a full acknowledgment of his mercy and faithfulness of his promises. vs. 16-20. The last verse is reproduced in the song of Zacharias. kjv@Luke:1:72-73) Micah’s prophecies are distinct and clear. He it is who says that the Ruler shall spring from Bethlehem. ch. kjv@Luke:5:2) His style has been compared with that of Hosea and Isaiah. His diction is vigorous and forcible, sometimes obscure from the abruptness of its transitions, but varied and rich.

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Micah @ a shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah?

(1.) A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in kjv@Judges:17, apparently for the purpose of leading to an account of the settlement of the tribe of Dan in Northern Palestine, and for the purpose also of illustrating the lawlessness of the times in which he lived kjv@Judges:18; 19:1-29; 21:25).

(2.) The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth), kjv@1Chronicles:8:34-35.

(3.) The first in rank of the priests of the family of Kohathites ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:20).

(4.) A descendant of Joel the Reubenite ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:5).

(5.) "The Morasthite," so called to distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah (kjvKings:22:8). He was a prophet of Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah kjv@Micah:1:1), a native of Moresheth of Gath (1:14-15). Very little is known of the circumstances of his life (comp. kjv@Jeremiah:26:18-19).

Micah, Book of @ the sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the prophet exercised his office in the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. If we reckon from the beginning of Jotham's reign to the end of Hezekiah's (B.C. 759-698), then he ministered for about fifty-nine years; but if we reckon from the death of Jotham to the accession of Hezekiah (B.C. 743-726), his ministry lasted only sixteen years. It has been noticed as remarkable that this book commences with the last words of another prophet, "Micaiah the son of Imlah" (kjvKings:22:28): "Hearken, O people, every one of you." The book consists of three sections, each commencing with a rebuke, "Hear ye," etc., and closing with a promise,

(1) ch. 1; 2;

(2) ch. 3-5, especially addressed to the princes and heads of the people;

(3) ch. 6-7, in which Jehovah is represented as holding a controversy with his people: the whole concluding with a song of triumph at the great deliverance which the Lord will achieve for his people. The closing verse is quoted in the song of Zacharias kjv@Luke:1:72-73). The prediction regarding the place "where Christ should be born," one of the most remarkable Messianic prophecies kjv@Micah:5:2), is quoted in kjv@Matthew:2:6. There are the following references to this book in the New Testament: kjv@5:2, with kjv@Matthew:2:6; kjv@John:7:42. kjv@7:6, with kjv@Matthew:10:21-35-36. kjv@7:20, with kjv@Luke:1:72-73.

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-1. An Ephraimite .His robbery and idolatry kjv@Judges:17; 18

-2. Head of a family of Reuben kjv@1Chronicles:5:5

-3. Also called MICHA .Son of Mephibosheth kjv@2Samuel:9:12; kjv@1Chronicles:8:34-35; kjv@1Chronicles:9:40-41

-4. Also called MICHAH .A Kohathite kjv@1Chronicles:23:20; kjv@1Chronicles:24:24-25

-5. Father of Abdon kjv@2Chronicles:34:20

-6. One of the minor prophets kjv@Micah:1:1 kjv@Micah:1:Jeremiah:26:18-19; 14, 15 .Denounces the idolatry of his times Micah:1 .The oppressions of the covetous kjv@Micah:2:1-11 .Foretells the restoration of Israel kjv@Micah:2:12-13 .The injustice of judges and falsehoods of false prophets Micah:3 .Prophesies the coming of the Messiah kjv@Micah:4; 5 .Denounces the oppressions

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MICAH @ the Morasthite, a prophet SEE Passage Book of Micah.

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H4318 <STRHEB>@ מיכה mîykâh mee-kaw' An abbreviation of H4320; {Micah} the name of seven Israelites: - {Micah} {Micaiah} Michah.

H4320 <STRHEB>@ מיכיה mîykâyâh me-kaw-yaw' From H4310 and (the prefixed derivation from) H3588 and H3050; who (is) like Jah?; {Micajah} the name of two Israelites: - {Micah} Michaiah. Compare H4318.

H4321 <STRHEB>@ מכיהוּ מיכיהוּ mîykâyehû mikâyehû {me-kaw-yeh-hoo'} me-kaw-yeh-hoo' Abbreviated for H4322; {Mikajah} the name of three Israelites: - {Micah} {Micaiah} Michaiah.