⁹ Jabez was ^(A)more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”^[a]

²¹ And she named the child ^(A)Ichabod, saying, ^(B)“The glory has departed^[a] from Israel!” because ^(C)the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

¹¹ Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, ^(A)examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

²³ And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.^[a]

¹⁸ And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni;^{[a] (A)}but his father called him Benjamin.^[b]

¹⁹ And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. Now ^(A)he was the most honored of all his father's house.

¹⁶ To the woman he said,