5 The man Micah had a ^ashrine, and made an ^bephod and ^chousehold idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.  ‡

6 ^aIn those days there was no king in Israel; ^beveryone did what was right in his own eyes.  ‡

8 The man departed from the city of Bethlehem in Judah to stay wherever he could find a place. Then he came to the mountains of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

9 And Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” So he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am on my way to find a place to stay.”