Popular Bible Verses from 1 Samuel 4

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When the man mentioned the Covenant Box, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He was so old and fat that the fall broke his neck, and he died. He had been a leader in Israel for forty years.

She named the boy Ichabod, explaining, “God's glory has left Israel”—referring to the capture of the Covenant Box and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.

“God's glory has left Israel,” she said, “because God's Covenant Box has been captured.”