1 Samuel 4:22

22 Therefore, she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.

1 Samuel 4:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 4:22

And she said
Repeating what she had said before, for the confirmation of it, or as correcting what the women had said; and so may be rendered,

but she said;
giving her own and only reason for the name of the child:

the glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken;
so when the word, worship, and ordinances of God are removed from a people, the glory is gone from them; the God of glory is no more seen among them, who is so glorious in his nature, perfections, and works; and Christ, the Lord of life and glory, is no more held forth unto them in the glories of his person, offices, and grace; and the glorious Gospel of Christ is no more preached unto them, so full of glorious doctrines and promises; and the glorious ordinances of it no more administered: and, when this is the case, the glory is departed from a people; and which is owing to their formality, lukewarmness, unfruitfulness, negligent attendance on the worship of God, contempt of the word and ordinances, and an unbecoming walk and conversation.

1 Samuel 4:22 In-Context

20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not, for thou hast given birth to a son. But she did not answer, neither did she regard it.

21 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.)

22 Therefore, she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.