And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
Study Helps
Interpretation
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.
Read with
This thought runs through 1 Samuel 4:19-22.
Glossary
- Ark Object
- Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.