¹⁷ And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife^(A) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”^(B)

²⁴ She named him Joseph,^[a](A) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”^(B)

¹⁹ His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. ²⁰ As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.

²¹ She named the boy Ichabod,^[a](A) saying, “The Glory^(B) has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.