The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
But they put God to the test and rebelled against the Most High; they did not keep his statutes.
their priests were put to the sword, and their widows could not weep.
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.
“ ‘Go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for my Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.
The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,
and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.
“ ‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day.
At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning to end.
She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.