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19 Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news about the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth because her labour pains came on her. 20 As she was dying,[a] the women taking care of her said, ‘Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son! ’(A) But she did not respond or pay attention. 21 She named the boy Ichabod,[b] saying, ‘The glory has departed from Israel,’(B) referring to the capture of the ark of God(C) and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

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  1. 4:20 LXX reads And in her time of delivery, she was about to die
  2. 4:21 = Where Is Glory?