Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Sanhedrin 202:8

נבט ראה אש שיוצאת מאמתו הוא סבר איהו מליך ולא היא ירבעם הוא דנפק מיניה

A Tanna taught: Nebat, Micah, and Sheba the son of Bichri are one and the same.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Micah was a resident of Mount Ephraim who established a private idolatrous shrine and engaged a Levite to minister therein. — Judges XVII, 1-5. This image was subsequently stolen and set up in Dan; Ibid. XVIII. Sheba the son of Bichri was an Ephraimite who revolted against David immediately after the collapse of Absalom's insurrection; II Sam. XX, 1 et seqq. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> [He was called] Nebat, because 'he beheld but did not see'; Micah, because 'he was crushed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] with which [H] is connected. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>

Rashi on Sanhedrin

Crushed in the building - of the Egyptians, who put him into the building in the place of a brick as is explained in the aggadah. Moshe said to the Holy One 'You have done evil to this people! Now if they don't have bricks they place the children of Israel into the building!' The Holy One replied to him, 'They are wiping out the thorns, because it is revealed before Me that if these children lived they would be completely wicked. If you want, make a test and remove one.' Moshe went and removed Micah.
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