1 Samuel 4:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 4:21 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:34And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
- 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.
- 1 Samuel 4:11The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
- 1 Samuel 14:3including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
- Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 78:61He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
- Psalms 78:64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
- Psalms 106:20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
- Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
- Lamentations 2:1How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger.
- Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
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