There was a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
Obviously Micah and his mother were either ignorant of, or more probably chose to disregard, God’s law against making graven images (Exodus 20:4; Exodus 20:23; Deuteronomy 4:16). They also seem to have been unaware of, or unconcerned about, Israel’s tragic experience with the golden calf at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 32:19-35).