Prophet of Judah · Eighth century BC
Micah in the Bible
Micah names Bethlehem as the place a ruler will come from, seven centuries early, and sums up religion in one line: do justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God. Jeremiah's defenders cite him a century later as the prophet Hezekiah listened to.
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Verses mentioning Micah
30 occurrences across 28 verses in the King James Version.
- 2 Chronicles 34:20
And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, Abdon: or, Achbor
Read in context - Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Read in context - Micah 1:1
The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
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