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1 Samuel 4:20 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 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.1 Samuel 4:20 · King James Version
1 Samuel 4:20 in context
18And 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.
19And 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.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- regardshîythto placeH7896 →
- regardlêbthe heartH3820 →
- deathmûwthto dieH4191 →
- stoodnâtsabto station, in various applicationsH5324 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
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We have here another melancholy story, that carries on the desolations of Eli's house, and the sorrowful feeling which the tidings of the ark's captivity excited. It is concerning the wife of Phinehas, one of those ungracious sons of Eli that had brought all this mischief on Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-22