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Text -- 1 Samuel 4:17-22 (NET)
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4:17 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 !”
4:18 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 .
4:19 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.
4:20 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 .
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 .
4:22 She said , “The glory has departed from Israel , because the ark of God has been captured .”
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