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Judges 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Micah's Idols

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolNo King in Israel

houseCoinpersonjr and idol

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenRight in His Own Eyes

SILVER → picture 3HOUSE → picture 1IDOL → picture 4PRIEST → picture 2

Grade 1Micah's House

Micah took his mother's silver. → picture 4His mother had an image made. → picture 3Micah had a house of gods. → picture 1A Levite came from Bethlehem. → picture 5There was no king in Israel. → picture 2

Order:

1. Micah gives back the silver2. An image is made3. There is no king in Israel4. Micah hires a Levite

Grade 2Doing What Seems Right

  1. What did Micah take? His mother's silver (circle)
  2. What did his mother make from it? An idol (circle)
  3. What did Micah make one son? A priest (circle)
  4. Where did the young Levite come from? Bethlehem (circle)
  5. What did Micah think God would do? Do good to him (circle)
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Grade 3Everyone Did What He Wanted

  1. Where did Micah live? In the hill country of Ephraim
  2. How much silver did Micah take? Eleven hundred pieces
  3. How many pieces were used for the image? Two hundred
  4. What did Micah pay the Levite each year? Ten pieces of silver
  5. What did Micah think he knew? That Yahweh would do good to him
1: Micah gives back the silver2: An image is made3: There is no king in Israel4: Micah hires a Levite
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Grade 4Worship My Own Way

  1. What did the mother dedicate the silver to? Yahweh
  2. What command did the images break? God's command against images
  3. Why was it wrong for Micah's son to be a priest? God had chosen the Levites for that work.
  4. Why did Micah think Yahweh would bless him? Because he had a Levite as his priest

Word bank: 1. Micah; 2. ephod; 3. king; 4. eyes; 5. Levite

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Right in His Own Eyes

  1. What do the last chapters of Judges show? Israel's inner condition
  2. What did the mother say after her son confessed? May Yahweh bless my son
  3. What is the key to the whole section? In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.
  4. What did Micah offer the Levite? Ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothing, and food
  5. What did Micah wrongly think would guarantee blessing? Having the right kind of priest
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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