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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his daughter in law, Phinehas's wife, was with child, near to be delivered,.... Was near her time, as it is commonly expressed. Ben Gersom derives the word from a root which signifies to complete and finish (k); denoting that her time to bring forth was completed and filled up; though Josephus (l) says that it was a seven months' birth, so...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And about the time of her death,.... Which quickly came on after she was brought to bed: the women that stood by her; who were called to her labour, and assisted at it: said unto her, fear not, for thou hast born a son; perceiving that she was very low spirited, endeavoured to cheer and comfort her, by observing to her that the worst was over; and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And she named the child Ichabod,.... Which some render, "where is the glory?" as in the margin of our Bibles; but it signifies "no glory", as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; her husband being dead, she gives her child its name; the reason for which name follows: saying, the glory is departed from Israel: the God of glory, or the glorious Lord, was...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And she said,.... Repeating what she had said before, for the confirmation of it, or as correcting what the women had said; and so may be rendered, but she said; giving her own and only reason for the name of the child: the glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken; so when the word, worship, and ordinances of God are removed from...