20 As she was dying,[a] the women taking care of her said, “Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!” (A) But she did not respond or pay attention. 21 She named the boy Ichabod,[b] saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,”(B) referring to the capture of the ark of God(C) and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 “The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “because the ark of God has been captured.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4:20 LXX reads And in her time of delivery, she was about to die
  2. 4:21 = Where Is Glory?

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