1 Samuel 4:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has any nation ever made a change in their gods, though they are no gods? but my people have given up their glory in exchange for what is of no profit.
  • Ps 78:61 : 61 And he let his strength be taken prisoner, and gave his glory into the hands of his hater.
  • Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests were put to death by the sword, and their widows made no weeping for them.
  • Ps 106:20 : 20 And their glory was changed into the image of an ox, whose food is grass.
  • Hos 9:12 : 12 Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
  • 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.

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  • 22And she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.

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    16And the man said to Eli, I have come from the army and have come in flight today from the fight. And he said, How did it go, my son?

    17And the man said, Israel went in flight from the Philistines, and there has been great destruction among the people, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.

    18And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

    19And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.

    20And when she was very near death the women who were with her said, Have no fear, for you have given birth to a son. But she made no answer and gave no attention to it.

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    11And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.

    12And a man of Benjamin went running from the fight and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothing out of order and earth on his head.

    13And when he came, Eli was seated by the wayside watching: and in his heart was fear for the ark of God. And when the man came into the town and gave the news, there was a great outcry.

    14And Eli, hearing the noise and the cries, said, What is the reason of this outcry? And the man came quickly and gave the news to Eli.

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    22But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go till the child has been taken from the breast, and then I will take him with me and put him before the Lord, where he may be for ever.

    23And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

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    3And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

    4So the people sent to Shiloh and got the ark of the agreement of the Lord of armies whose resting-place is between the winged ones; and Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were there with the ark of God's agreement.

    5And when the ark of the Lord's agreement came into the tent-circle, all Israel gave a great cry, so that the earth was sounding with it.

    6And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

  • 20Now the time came when Hannah, being with child, gave birth to a son; and she gave him the name Samuel, Because, she said, I made a prayer to the Lord for him.

  • 18And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

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    17Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

    18And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

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    19In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.

    20And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

    21And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

  • 20And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.

  • 1Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

  • 2And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.

  • 10And with grief in her soul, weeping bitterly, she made her prayer to the Lord.

  • 26And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

  • 6And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.

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    18Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

    19And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

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    25And when they had made an offering of the ox, they took the child to Eli.

    26And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

    27My prayer was for this child; and the Lord has given him to me in answer to my request:

  • 3And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, who had the ephod. And the people had no idea that Jonathan had gone.

  • 16And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

  • 5And Mahlon and Chilion came to their end; and the woman was without her two sons and her husband.

  • 27How have the great ones been made low, and the arms of war broken!

  • 1Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 19The glory, O Israel, is dead on your high places! How have the great ones been made low!

  • 23After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

  • 3And the light of God was still burning, while Samuel was sleeping in the Temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,

  • 10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

  • 14And the women said to Naomi, A blessing on the Lord, who has not let you be this day without a near relation, and may his name be great in Israel.

  • 27And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

  • 4And Uzzah went by the side of the ark, while Ahio went before it.

  • 11As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.

  • 9The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

  • 21I went out full, and the Lord has sent me back again with nothing; why do you give me the name Naomi, seeing that the Lord has given witness against me, and the Ruler of all has sent sorrow on me?