There was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2He said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse, and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. His mother said, Blessed be my son by Allah. 3He restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I most assuredly dedicate the silver to Allah from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a cast metal image: now therefore I will restore it to you. 4When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a cast metal image: and it was in the house of Micah. 5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and idols, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. 6In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he resided there. 8The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to reside where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled. 9Micah said to him, Where do you come from? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to reside where I may find a place. 10Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in. 11The Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. 12Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13Then Micah said, Now know I that Allah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite as my priest.