1 Samuel 4
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1 Samuel 4:19-22

19Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

20As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!”

But she did not respond or pay any heed. 21And she named the boy Ichabod,1 saying, “The glory has departed2 from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

22“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 4:21 Ichabod means no glory. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 4:21 Or gone into exile; also in verse 22 ↩

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