KJV 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.
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1 Samuel 4:21
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.
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
She named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel;” because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 4
18 And 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.
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 glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
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וַתִּקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלַנַּ֗עַרH5288 · na.aryouthאִֽי־H350 · i-kha.vodIchabodכָבוֹד֙H350 · i-kha.vodIchabodלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayגָּלָ֥הH1540 · ga.lahHeglamכָב֖וֹדH3519 · ka.vodgloryמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הִלָּקַח֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֲר֣וֹןH727 · a.ronarkהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)חָמִ֖יהָH2524 · chamfather-in-lawוְאִישָֽׁהּ׃H376 · ishman
Cross-references
Psalm 26:8LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.Psalm 78:61And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy’s hand.Jeremiah 2:11Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for [that which] doth not profit.Psalm 78:64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.Hosea 9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.Psalm 106:20Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
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