1 Samuel 4:22
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.
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
- KJV
- And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
- WEB
- She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
- ASV
- And she said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.
- DARBY
- And she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.
- BLB
- And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
- ÅB
- Hun sa: Bortveket er herligheten fra Israel; for Guds ark er tatt.
[^1]: d.e. ingen herlighet. - OTB
- Hun sa: “Herligheten har forlatt Israel, for Guds ark er tatt.”
- B1930
- Hun sa: Bortveket er herligheten fra Israel; for Guds ark er tatt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 2:17
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
Read in contextPsalms 137:5–6
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
Read in context