1 Samuel 4:21 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Samuel 4:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Phinehas's wife, pregnant and in labor, has just heard that the ark is captured and that her husband and father-in-law are dead. Naming her son expresses her grief and her theology at once.
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