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# Micah #
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## Facts: ##
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Micah was a prophet of Judah around 700 years before Christ, when the prophet Isaiah was also ministering to Judah. Another man named Micah lived during the time of the judges.
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* The book of Micah is near the end of the Old Testament.
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* Micah prophesied about the destruction of Samaria by the Assyrians.
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* Micah rebuked the people of Judah for disobeying God and warned them that their enemies would attack them.
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* His prophecy ends with a message of hope in God, who is faithful and saves his people.
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* In the book of Judges, the story is told of a man named Micah living in Ephraim who made an idol out of silver. A young Levite priest who came to live with him stole the idol and other things, and took off with a group of Danites. Eventually the Danites and the priest settled in the city of Laish and they set up that same silver idol to worship.
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(Translation suggestions: [Translate Names](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names))
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(See also: [Assyria](../other/assyria.md), [Dan](../other/dan.md), [Ephraim](../other/ephraim.md), [idol](../other/idol.md), [Isaiah](../other/isaiah.md), [Judah](../other/kingdomofjudah.md), [judge](../other/judgeposition.md), [Levite](../other/levite.md), [priest](../kt/priest.md), [prophet](../kt/prophet.md), [Samaria](../other/samaria.md), [silver](../other/silver.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Jeremiah 26:18-19](en/tn/jer/help/26/18)
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* [Micah 01:1](en/tn/mic/help/01/01)
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* [Micah 06:1-2](en/tn/mic/help/06/01)
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