1 Samuel 4:21
She named the boy Ichabod, saying,“The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.
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- Ps 26:8 : 8 O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.
- Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!
- Ps 78:61 : 61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy.
- Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep.
- Ps 106:20 : 20 They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
- Hos 9:12 : 12 Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
- 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
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22 She said,“The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”
- 1 Sam 4:16-205 verses80%
16 The man said to Eli,“I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli asked,“How did things go, my son?”
17 The messenger replied,“Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”
18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.
20 As she was dying, the women who were there with her said,“Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention.
- 1 Sam 4:11-144 verses73%
11 The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
12 Eli Dies On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.
13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair on the lookout by the side of the road, for he was very worried about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, the whole city cried out.
14 When Eli heard the outcry, he said,“What is this commotion?” The man quickly came and told Eli.
- 1 Sam 1:22-232 verses70%
22 But Hannah did not go up with them, because she had told her husband,“Not until the boy is weaned. Then I will bring him so that he may appear before the LORD. And he will remain there from then on.”
23 Then her husband Elkanah said to her,“Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD fulfill his promise.” So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
- 1 Sam 4:3-64 verses69%
3 When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”
4 So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 When the ark of the covenant of the LORD arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the ground shook.
6 When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said,“What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the LORD had arrived at the camp.
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20 Then Hannah became pregnant. Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the LordIn the course of time she gave birth to a son. And she named him Samuel, thinking,“I asked the LORD for him.”
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18 So Saul said to Ahijah,“Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites.
- 1 Sam 1:17-182 verses68%
17 Eli replied,“Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”
18 She said,“May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.
- 1 Kgs 3:19-213 verses68%
19 This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.
20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.
21 I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”
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20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying,“May the LORD establish descendants for you from this woman in place of the one that she dedicated to the LORD.”Then they would go to their home.
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1 God Sends Trouble for the Philistines with the Ark Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
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2 Further Conflict with the Philistines It was quite a long time– some twenty years in all– that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the LORD.
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10 As for her, she was very distressed. She prayed to the LORD and was, in fact, weeping.
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26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.
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6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to him,“Name her‘No Pity’(Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
- 2 Kgs 4:18-192 verses66%
18 The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.
19 He said to his father,“My head! My head!” His father told a servant,“Carry him to his mother.”
- 1 Sam 1:25-273 verses66%
25 They slaughtered the bull, then brought the boy to Eli.
26 She said,“My lord. Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the LORD.
27 For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me the request that I asked of him.
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3 Now Ahijah was carrying an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left.
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16 Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him,“Go back!” So he returned home.
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5 Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone– bereaved of her two children as well as her husband!
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27 How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed!
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1 The Philistines Return the Ark When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,
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19 The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
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23 He slept with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.
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3 and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD as well; the ark of God was also there.
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10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying,“They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill our people!”
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14 The village women said to Naomi,“May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel!
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27 The Israelites asked the LORD(for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;
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4 They brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,
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11 The Fertility Worshipers Will Become Infertile Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children– they will not enjoy pregnancy– they will not even conceive!
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9 The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies,” says the LORD.
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21 I left here full, but the LORD has caused me to return empty-handed. Why do you call me‘Naomi,’ seeing that the LORD has opposed me, and the Sovereign One has caused me to suffer?”