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1 Samuel 4:22 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 4 · verse 22
And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.1 Samuel 4:22 · King James Version
1 Samuel 4:22 in context
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)
- departedgâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- glorykâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- arkʼârôwna boxH727 →
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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