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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. 22 ‘The glory has departed from Israel,’ she said, ‘because the ark of God has been captured.’

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Footnotes

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