1 Samuel 4:19

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, about to be delivered. And when she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains came upon her.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and craving will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.

Genesis 35:17

When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid; you shall have this son also.

1 Kings 14:1

THEN ABIJAH [the little] son of Jeroboam became sick.

Psalm 78:64

Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day]. [I Sam. 4:11, 19, 20.]

Jeremiah 26:6

Then will I make this house [the temple] like Shiloh [the home of the Tent of Meeting, abandoned and later destroyed after the ark was captured by the Philistines], and I will make this city subject to the curses of all nations of the earth [so vile in their sight will it be]. [I Sam. 4; Jer. 7:12.]

1 Samuel 4:18

And when he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

1 Samuel 4:20

And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, Fear not, for you have borne a son. But she did not answer or notice.