A man living during Israel's united kingdom, son of Phinehas, and born when the ark of the covenant was seized by the Philistines, first mentioned in 1 Samuel 4:21.
About Ichabod
Name given to Phinehas’s son (Eli’s grandson) to commemorate the glory that had departed from Israel, after the ark of God was taken by the Philistines (1 Sm 4:19–22; 14:3).
Phinehas was killed in the battle of Aphek, at the same time the Philistines had captured the ark. When Phinehas’s wife heard of the tragedy, she went immediately into labor, and when the child was born, she named him Ichabod (meaning “no glory”) to express her despair.
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Key References
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
All Scripture References (2)
1 Samuel (2)
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.