Judges 17:1-6

There was a man named Micah who lived in the mountains of Ephraim. He said to his mother, “I heard you speak a curse about the twenty-eight pounds of silver that were taken from you. I have the silver with me; I took it.” His mother said, “The LORD bless you, my son!” Micah gave the twenty-eight pounds of silver to his mother. Then she said, “I will give this silver to the LORD. I will have my son make an idol and a statue. So I will give the silver back to you.” When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took about five pounds and gave it to a silversmith. With it he made an idol and a statue, which stood in Micah’s house. Micah had a special holy place, and he made a holy vest and some household idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest. At that time Israel did not have a king, so everyone did what seemed right.