1 Samuel 4:21
She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has gone away from Israel!” for the ark of God had been captured, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
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22She said, “The glory has gone away from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have said about his house, from beginning to end.
1 Samuel 14:3including Ahijah son of Ahitub (Ichabod's brother) son of Phinehas son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh at Shiloh, who wore an ephod. The people did not know that Jonathan was gone.
Psalms 78:61He allowed his strength to be captured 1 and gave his glory into the enemy's hand. 1
Psalms 106:20They traded the glory of God 1 for the image of a bull that eats grass. 1
Lamentations 2:1The Lord has covered the daughter of Zion under the cloud of his anger. 1 He has thrown the splendor of Israel down from heaven to earth. 1 He has not remembered his footstool on the day of his anger. 1
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 →