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1 Samuel 4
Israel brings the ark from Shiloh into battle against the Philistines, but is defeated; the ark is captured and Eli's sons Hophni and Phinehas are killed. Hearing the news, Eli falls backward and dies, and his daughter-in-law names her son Ichabod: the glory has departed.
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Kābôd comes from a root meaning 'to be heavy'.
Strong's derives it from kābad, 'be heavy' (H3513), and the same root describes Eli as 'heavy' (1 Sam 4:18).