Person · one of several with this name
Micah
Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Micah 1:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Micah, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Micah
- Micah 1:1
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
Events
Events the dataset lists Micah as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. 754 BCProphecies of Micah
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
“The Morasthite,” so called to distinguish him from Micaiah, the son of Imlah (1 Kings 22:8). He was a prophet of Judah, a contemporary of Isaiah (Micah 1:1), a native of Moresheth of Gath (1:14, 15). Very little is known of the circumstances of his life (comp. Jer. 26:18, 19).