1 Samuel 4 · Verse 22

1 Samuel 4:22

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 4:22, King James Version

1 Samuel 4:22 in other translations

BSB“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
WEBShe said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”
ASVAnd she said, The glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God is taken.
YLTAnd she saith, ‘Honour hath removed from Israel, for the ark of God hath been taken.'
DARBYAnd she said, The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.
BBEAnd she said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken.
WebsterAnd she said, The glory hath departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

What does 1 Samuel 4:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 4:19-22

The wife of Phinehas seems to have been a person of piety. Her dying regret was for the loss of the ark, and the departure of the glory from Israel. What is any earthly joy to her that feels herself dying? No joy but that which is spiritual and divine, will stand in any stead then; death is too serious a thing to admit the relish of any earthly joy. What is it to one that is lamenting the loss of the ark? What…

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1 Samuel 4:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
גָּלָ֥הga.Lahit has gone into exileH1540
כָב֖וֹדkha.VodgloryH3519
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
נִלְקַ֖חnil.Kachit has been takenH3947
אֲר֥וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָאֱלֹהִֽים\׃\ \פha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 4:22

  • John 2:17

    And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

  • Psalms 137:5-6

    If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

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The glory.
Ps 137:5,6; Joh 2:17

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 4:21

    And she named the child I–chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

  • 1 Samuel 4:22

    And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.

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1 Samuel 4:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dijo pues: Traspasada es la gloria de Israel: porque el arca de Dios fué tomada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle dit: La gloire s’en est allée d’Israël, car l’arche de Dieu est prise.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie sprach: Die Herrlichkeit ist von Israel gewichen, denn die Lade Gottes ist genommen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et ait: Translata est gloria ab Israël, eo quod capta esset arca Dei.