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Judges 17:1

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There was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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Bethlehem is not mentioned in Judges 17:1; the setting is the hill country of Ephraim, a central highland region of Israel. Micah’s home there

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Judges 17:1 mentions Bethlehem.

Bethlehem · Berthold Werner

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