1 Samuel 4:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

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 of Israel, which they could glory in above all other nations.

1 Samuel 4:21

21 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.