1 Samuel 4:10-22

10So the Philistines fought and 1Israel was 2defeated, and 3every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11And the ark of God was taken; and 4the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

12Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with 5his clothes torn and 6dust on his head. 13When he came, behold, 7Eli was sitting on his seat 8by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out. 14When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli. 15Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and 9his eyes were set so that he could not see. 16The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today.” And he said, “10How did things go, my son?” 17Then the one who brought the news replied, “Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.” 18When he mentioned the ark of God, 1112Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for 13he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.

19Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was pregnant and about to give birth; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. 20And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “14Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention. 21And she called the boy 15Ichabod, saying, “16The glory has departed from Israel,” because 17the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.”