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1 Samuel 4:21

1 Samuel 4:21 is verse 21 of 1 Samuel chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

Ichabod means no glory.

Or gone into exile; also in verse 22

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King James Version

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

World English Bible

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.

“Ichabod” means “no glory”.

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1 Samuel 4:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible

19 Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.

20 As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

21 And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.

22 “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”

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Hebrew words

וַתִּקְרָ֣אand she called לַנַּ֗עַר<to> the ladאִֽיכָבוֹד֙-chabod לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying גָּלָ֥הit has gone into exile כָב֖וֹדglory מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לfrom Israel אֶלbecause of הִלָּקַח֙[the] being taken of אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God וְאֶלand because of חָמִ֖יהָfather-in-law her וְאִישָֽׁהּand husband her

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalms 78:61
He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

Psalms 78:64
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Psalms 106:20
They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Jeremiah 2:11
Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Hosea 9:12
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

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