1 Samuel 4:21 “And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Is…”

1 Samuel 4:21

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And she named the child I-chabod, 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.

American Standard 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And she named the childe Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel, because the Arke of God was taken, and because of her father in lawe and her husband.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and she calleth the youth I-Chabod, saying, 'Honour hath removed from Israel,' because of the taking of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

Bible in Basic English

And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Cross references

“The glory”

Psalm 26:8 Psalm 78:61 Jeremiah 2:11 Psalm 78:64 Hosea 9:12 Psalm 106:20

Psalm 26:8 · BSB

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 78:61 · BSB

He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.

Jeremiah 2:11 · BSB

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

Psalm 78:64 · BSB

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Hosea 9:12 · BSB

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

Psalm 106:20 · BSB

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

Also

1 Samuel 4:11

1 Samuel 4:11 · BSB

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20As 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.

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

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