# Micah #

## Facts: ##

Micah was a prophet of Judah around 700 years before Christ, when the prophet Isaiah was also ministering to Judah. Another man named Micah lived during the time of the judges.

* The book of Micah is near the end of the Old Testament.
* Micah prophesied about the destruction of Samaria by the Assyrians.
* Micah rebuked the people of Judah for disobeying God and warned them that their enemies would attack them.
* His prophecy ends with a message of hope in God, who is faithful and saves his people.
* In the book of Judges, the story is told of a man named Micah living in Ephraim who made an idol out of silver. A young Levite priest who came to live with him  stealing the idol and other things, taking off with a group of Danites. Eventually the Danites and the priest settled in the city of Laish and they set up that same silver idol to worship.

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(See also: [assyria](../other/assyria.md) **·** [dan](../other/dan.md) **·** [ephraim](../other/ephraim.md) **·** [idol](../other/idol.md) **·** [isaiah](../other/isaiah.md) **·** [kingdomofjudah](../other/kingdomofjudah.md) **·** [judgeposition](../other/judgeposition.md) **·** [levite](../other/levite.md) **·** [priest](../kt/priest.md) **·** [prophet](../kt/prophet.md) **·** [samaria](../other/samaria.md) **·** [silver](../other/silver.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [Jeremiah 26:18-19](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jer/26/18)
* [Micah 01:1](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mic/01/01)
* [Micah 06:1-2](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mic/06/01)

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