(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Samuel 4:19–22, “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 dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. 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. And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.”
After the battle, when the news had been received, Phinehas’ wife heard the news as well. She was pregnant and very close to her time so the shock brought on sudden contractions and she was delivered of a baby son. Even this woman was more concerned about the spiritual state of the nation than the death of her husband. She called her son “Ichabod”, which means “There is no glory”. The spiritual decline had affected the entire nation and they all believed that, somehow or other, the ark actually represent the Lord God and He was lost to their nation. However, this was entirely wrong, they were disobeying the second commandment. The Lord had not deserted Israel nor departed from them. They had rejected the Lord and He was in the process of bringing them back to Him in repentance.
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