1 Samuel 4:22
Verse 22 of 22. The 4th of 31 chapters in 1 Samuel, in History.
18And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
19And 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.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 4:22 in the World English Bible
She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”Read 1 Samuel 4:22 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:22
The former helped to hasten her travail, but it appears by her dying words that the latter lay nearer her heart (v. 22): She said, The glory has departed from Israel, not lamenting so much the sinking of that particular family to which she was related as the general calamity of Israel in the captivity of the ark. This, this was it that was her grief, that was her death.
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 4:19–22: The Death of Phinehas' Wife. (b. c. 1120.)
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