1 Samuel 4:22
And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:34And this will be the sign to you, which will come on Hophni and Phinehas, your sons; death will overtake them on the same day.
Psalms 78:64Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
Lamentations 2:1How has the daughter of Zion been covered with a cloud by the Lord in his wrath! he has sent down from heaven to earth the glory of Israel, and has not kept in memory the resting-place of his feet in the day of his wrath.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:20-22
The Death of Phinehas' Wife. ( b. c. 1120.) 19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The… Read the whole commentary →