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A Heart for God's Glory
Commentators emphasize the profound piety of Phinehas's wife. Despite the personal tragedy of losing her husband and father-in-law, her dying grief was for the loss of the Ark of God. Scholars note her focus was not on her family's downfall but on the departure of God's glory from Israel, demonstrating a heart that valued God's presence above all else.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 4:21
18th Century
Theologian
Is departed — Properly, “is gone into captivity.”
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 4:21–22
19th Century
Bishop
The glory is departed from Israel. —This unique and detailed account of the death of the widow of Phinehas, the evil warrior-priest, the s…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 4:21
17th Century
Pastor
And she named the child Ichabod
Which some render, "where is the glory?" as in the margin of our Bibles; but it sign…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 4:19–22
17th Century
Minister
The wife of Phinehas seems to have been a person of piety. Her dying regret was for the loss of the ark and the departure of the glory from Israel.…