Micah: A shortened form of Micaiah, who is like Jehovah?1. A man of Mount Ephraim, whose history so far is introduced in
(Judges 17:1)ff 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
(Judges 18:1)ff
(Judges 19:1-29; 21:25)
2. The son of Merib-baal (Mephibosheth),
(1 Chronicles 8:34,35)
3. The first in rank of the priests of the family of Kohathites
(1 Chronicles 23:20)
4. A descendant of Joel the Reubenite
(1 Chronicles 5:5)
5. "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
(Micah 1:14,15)
Very little is known of the circumstances of his life (comp.)
(Jeremiah 26:18,19)
