Dragons’ Den
“And they said to him, “Be quiet, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us; be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest to the household of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?” So the priest’s heart was glad; and he took the ephod, the household idols, and the carved image, and took his place among the people.” Judges 18:19-20 NKJV Whenever young entrepreneurs enter the dragons’ den, they know that no matter how convincing their business propositions are, they cannot be sure if the proposition will come out alive or dead. Such was the proposition of an alternative to worshiping God at Shiloh in the days of Micah the Ephraimite. He had tricked his mom to raise a personal altar with carved images. Thereafter, the proposition extended to the hiring of a stranded Levite as priest. Then, the proposition was shortchanged by a counter offer of a bigger office from the Danites to the Levite. And at the moment under ...