She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 4:22 in context
1 Samuel 4:19–22
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His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.
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About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.
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She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
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She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
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