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. (Judges 10:2 f; Judges 12:7; Judges 12:9; Judges 12:11; Judges 12:14; Judges 15:20) to conclude account of a Judge. This story may once have stood in Jg.
1 Samuel 4:21. Ichabod: no-glory (mg.).