1 Samuel 4:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And she named the child Ichabod,h saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. ”

1 Samuel 4:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is departed - Properly, “Is gone into captivity.”
1 Samuel 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Death of Eli, Birth of Ichabod. 1 Samuel 4:12 . clothes rent, etc.: signs of mourning. 1 Samuel 4:18 . forty; LXX twenty. And he ... years: formula used by Deuteronomic editor of Jg. ( Ju...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I-chabod . Where is the glory? because of . Some codices add "the death of". Compare 1 Samuel 4:19 .
1 Samuel 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. She named the child I-chabod - The vers...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And she named the child I-chabod, &c.— Here, as usual, the reason of the name imposed is given: I-chabod signifying literally inglorious, or without glory; glory being departed; i.e. the...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. She named the child I-chabod, х...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Capture of the Ark by the Philistines. Death of Eli The reason which led to 1 Samuel 4:1 ; being detached from its proper context is that without it this chapter seems to begin with inexplicable...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-22) The glory is departed from Israel. — This singular and circumstantial account of the death of the widow of Phinehas, the evil warrior-priest, the son of Eli, which follows directly after th...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI. THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES . 1 Samuel 4:1-22 . WE are liable to form an erroneous impression of the connection of Samuel with the transactions of this chapter, in conse...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Glory Departed from Israel 1 Samuel 4:12-22 Notwithstanding their high hopes, disaster again overtook the hosts of Israel. No symbols of God will help us, until we have put away our idols a...
1 Samuel 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The crisis of judgment foretold by Samuel to Eli now arrived. It was a Philistine attack on the people, in which large numbers were slain, among them the two sons of Eli. On hearing the news Eli hims...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) В¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were de...
1 Samuel 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ARK—NO DEFENCE ‘The ark of God was taken.’ 1 Samuel 4:21 At this hour the condition of Israel could not have been lower. Their army was defeated, their High Priest and his sons were dead...
1 Samuel 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And she named the child Ichabod ,.... Which some render, "where is the glory?" as in the margin of our Bibles; but it signifies "no glory", as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; her husband being dead,...
1 Samuel 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. Ver. 21. And she named the child Ich...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I-chabod Where is the glory? The glory is departed That is, the glorious type and assurance of God's presence, the ark, which is often called God's glory, and which was the great safeguard and or...
1 Samuel 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Verse 1 shows that Samuel did not conceal the word that God gave to him, but communicated it to all Israel. But it is not said that it was this word that called them to battle with the Philistines. I...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Phinehas' Wife. B. C. 1120. 19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, w...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The glory, i.e. the glorious type and assurance of God's presence, the ark, which is oft called God's glory, as Psalms 26:8 , Psalms 78:61 Isaiah 64:11 , and which was the great safeguard and...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Tragic Aftermath Of The News From The Battlefield ( 1 Samuel 4:18-22 ). The shattering news from the battlefield caused the blind old man to fall backwards and break his neck, while his daught...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 4:13 . “Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside.” “This sitting on the side of the way by which the first message must come answers precisely to the intense e...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 1-4 (with Judges 21:16-25 ) I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant,...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 4:5 . Israel shouted. But why had they not put away their sins? And why had they not enquired of God? Alas, these priests, like Saul in his last moments, were not fit persons to enquire o...
1 Samuel 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the Philistines fought and Israel was smitten. The Harvest of Sin This story tells of a harvest that had long been predicted, and that at length was reaped. “They have sown the wind, and th...
1 Samuel 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Samuel 4:1 And the word of Samuel... all Israel. This clause is rightly connected with the foregoing verse of the previous chapter in the Syriac and Vulgate. Attached to the...
1 Samuel 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Death of Eli and of his Daughter-In-Law
1 Samuel 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 9:12 ; Jeremiah 2:11 ; Psalms 106:20 ; Psalms 26:8 ; Psalms 78:61 ; Psalms 78:64
1 Samuel 4:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ark Taken by the Philistines 1 Samuel 4:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We would like to suggest something of the history of the Ark of the Covenant. 1. The Ark was symbolical of Christ Jesus ou...
1 Samuel 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I — chabod — Where is the glory? The glory — That is, the glorious type and assurance of God's presence, the ark, which is often called God's glory, and which wast the great safeguard and ornament...

1 Samuel 4:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 4:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 4:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 4:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 4:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 4:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 4:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 4:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Samuel 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes