Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 4:17-22
17The messengerH1319H559 answeredH6030, “IsraelH3478 has fledH5127 beforeH6440 the PhilistinesH6430, andH1571 there has beenH1961 a greatH1419 slaughterH4046 among the peopleH5971H1571. Your twoH8147 sonsH1121, HophniH2652 and PhinehasH6372, are both deadH4191, and the arkH727 of GodH430 has been capturedH3947.”
18As soon asH1961 the arkH727 of GodH430 was mentionedH2142, Eli fellH5307 backwardH322H1157 fromH5921 his chairH3678 byH3027 the city gateH8179, and beingH3588 oldH2204 and heavyH3515, he brokeH7665 his neckH4665 and diedH4191. AndH1931 Eli had judgedH81991 IsraelH3478 fortyH705 yearsH8141.
19Now Eli’s daughter-in-lawH3618, the wifeH802 of PhinehasH6372, was pregnantH2030 and about to give birthH3205. When she heardH8085 the newsH8052 ofH413 the captureH3947 of God’sH430 arkH727 and the deathsH4191 of her father-in-lawH2524 and her husbandH376, she collapsedH3766 and gave birthH3205, forH3588 her labor painsH6735 overtookH2015 herH5921.
20AsH6256 she was dyingH4191, the women attendingH5324 to herH5921 saidH1696, “Do notH408 be afraidH3372, forH3588 you have given birth toH3205 a sonH1121!”
But she did notH3808 respondH6030H3808 or pay any heedH7896H3820. 21And she namedH7121 the boyH5288 IchabodH350,2 sayingH559, “The gloryH3519 has departedH15403 from IsraelH3478,” becauseH413 the arkH727 of GodH430 had been capturedH3947 and her father-in-lawH2524 and her husband had been killedH376.
22“The gloryH3519 has departedH1540 from IsraelH3478,” she saidH559, “forH3588 the arkH727 of GodH430 has been capturedH3947.”
Notes
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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