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20 and she was dying. But the women taking care of her said, “Don't be afraid—it's a boy!”

She didn't pay any attention to them. 21-22 Instead she kept thinking about losing her husband and her father-in-law. So she said, “My son will be named Ichabod,[a] because the glory of Israel left our country when the sacred chest was captured.”

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  1. 4.21,22 Ichabod: Ichabod means “where is the glory?” or “there is no glory.”

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