17 The messenger answered, "Israel has fled from the Philistines. The army has suffered a massive defeat. Also, your own two sons Hophni and Phinehas have died, and God’s chest has been taken!"
18 At the mention of God’s chest, Eli fell backward off the chair beside the gate. His neck broke, and he died because he was an old man and overweight. Eli had judged Israel for forty years.
19 Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news that God’s chest had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she doubled over and gave birth because her labor pains overwhelmed her.
20 As she was about to die, the women standing by helping her said, "Don’t be afraid. You’ve given birth to a son!" But she didn’t answer or pay them any attention.
21 She named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has left Israel," referring to the capture of God’s chest and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.
22 "The glory has left Israel because God’s chest has been taken," she said.