Discovery BoxJudges 10:16 
Context10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned 1 and worshiped 2 the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. 3
Judges 17:5
Context17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. 4 He made an ephod 5 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. 6
1 tn Heb “from their midst.”
2 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
3 tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).
4 tn Heb “house of God.”
5 sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).
6 tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”
