Jerusalem who were assigned to the military fortresses and small towns that surrounded Moresheth, and whose first thought could well have been “What are we in power for?” The text, however, seems to be better adapted to the longtime residents of his hometown whom he knew too well, their dreams and plans included. Power at the service of greed was the root of the evil. Without their power, their greed would have gone unfulfilled. Micah’s view of power is not far from that of the evangelist Luke, who