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. ²² And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, ^(D)for the ark of God has been captured.”

The Philistines and the Ark

5 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from ^(E)Ebenezer to ^(F)Ashdod. ² Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside ^(G)Dagon.

¹⁷ He who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

³⁰ And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, ^(A)son of Moses,^{[a] (B)}and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day ^(C)of the captivity of the land.

The Glory of the Lord

³⁴ Then ^(A)the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and ^(B)the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.