1 Samuel 4:22

And she said, “The glory has been taken away from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured.

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In The King James Version

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

In Context

21And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory of Israel has been taken away,” because the ark of God was captured, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:34But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.

Lamentations 2:1ALEPH. O how the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with gloom in his fury! O how he has thrown down from heaven to earth the famous one of Israel, and he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his fury.

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 →

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