And gaveup His strengthto captivityAnd His gloryinto the handof the adversary.
"Nowtherefore arise,O LORDGod,to Your restingplace,You and the arkof Your might;let Your priests,O LORDGod,be clothedwith salvationand let Your godlyonesrejoicein whatis good.
Arise,O LORD,to Your restingplace,You and the arkof Your strength.
Liftup your heads,O gates,And be liftedup, O ancientdoors,That the Kingof glorymay comein!
ThusI have seenYou in the sanctuary,To seeYour powerand Your glory.
Then the cloudcoveredthe tentof meeting,and the gloryof the LORDfilledthe tabernacle.
The sonsof Dansetup for themselves the gravenimage;and Jonathan,the sonof Gershom,the sonof Manasseh,he and his sonswere prieststo the tribeof the Danitesuntilthe dayof the captivityof the land.
Then the one who broughtthe newsreplied,"Israelhas fledbeforethe Philistinesand there has alsobeena greatslaughteramong the people,and your twosonsalso,Hophniand Phinehas,are dead,and the arkof Godhas been taken."
And she calledthe boyIchabod,saying,"The gloryhas departedfrom Israel,"becausethe arkof Godwas takenand becauseof her father-in-lawand her husband.
Now the arkof the LORDhad beenin the countryof the Philistinessevenmonths.
