Quoting%20commentary 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. ');">¹⁴</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. ');">¹⁵</span>

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