Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the man Micah had an house of gods—Hebrew, "a house of God"—a domestic chapel, a private religious establishment of his own.
an ephod—(see on Exodus 28:6).
teraphim—tutelary gods of the household (see Genesis 31:19 and see on Genesis 31:26).
consecrated one of his sons who became his priest—The assumption of the priestly office by any one out of the family of Aaron was a direct violation of the divine law (Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:17; Deuteronomy 21:5; Hebrews 5:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Judges 17:5:
Ezekiel 21:21
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