Ichabod
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When the tidings of the disastrous defeat of the Israelites in the battle against the Philistines near to Mizpeh were carried to Shiloh, the wife of Phinehas "was 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" (1Sam 4:19ff). In her great distress she regarded not "the women that stood by her," but named the child that was born "Ichabod" i.e., no glory, saying, "The glory is departed from Israel;" and with that word on her lips she expired.
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Son of Phinehas and grandson of Eli. Born after the death in battle of his father and the tragic death of his grandfather, he was named "Ichabod" ( (image) = particle of negation; (image) = "glory") by his dying mother, who exclaimed at the same time, "The glory is departed from Israel" (I Sam. iv. 14-22). Thus, his very name embodied a memorial of a great battle which resulted disastrously for Israel.
The Septuagint rendering of "Ichabod"—"wo to the glory of Israel "—points to a similar origin ( (image) = "wo"; comp. Eccl. x. 16). The name occurs but once besides, in I Sam. xiv. 3, where Ahijah, son of Ahitub, Ichabod's (evidently elder) brother, is mentioned as a priest. The description of Ahitubas "Ichabod's brother" is evidence that Ichabod was a priest of recognized importance in Israel at this period.
