Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Micah

MICAH, the name of various persons spelled Micah, Michah (I Chron. xxiv: 24, 25), or Micha (II Sam. ix: 12) mentioned in the Old Testament. Specially: The prophet called Micah the Morasthite. Morasthite means of Moresheth, probably Moresheth-gath (Micah i: 14). Scarcely anything is known of him, except what may be gathered from his prophecies.

In the Old Testament canon: The 6th in order of the “minor prophets,” i. e., of the minor prophetic books. The most natural division of the book is into three sections, ch. i.-ii., iii.-v., and vi.-vii., each beginning with a formula calling on the people to hear (i: 2, iii: 1, vi: 1). Passages in Micah resemble others in Isaiah (see Micah iv: 1-5 and Isa. ii: 1-5). Micah is quoted or alluded to in Matt. ii:5, 6; x: 35, 36; Mark xiii: 12; Luke xii: 53; John vii: 42. The canonical authority of the book has never been doubted.