4:12 當日，有一個便雅憫人從陣上逃跑，衣服撕裂，頭蒙灰塵，來到示羅。
4:13 到了的時候，以利正在道旁坐在自己的位上觀望，為上帝的約櫃心裡擔憂。那人進城報信，合城的人就都呼喊起來。
4:14 以利聽見呼喊的聲音就問說：「這喧嚷是甚麼緣故呢？」那人急忙來報信給以利。
4:15 那時以利九十八歲了，眼目發直，不能看見。
4:16 那人對以利說：「我是從陣上來的，今日我從陣上逃回。」以利說：「我兒，事情怎樣？」
4:17 報信的回答說：「以色列人在非利士人面前逃跑，民中被殺的甚多！你的兩個兒子何弗尼、非尼哈也都死了，並且上帝的約櫃被擄去。」
4:18 他一提上帝的約櫃，以利就從他的位上往後跌倒，在門旁折斷頸項而死；因為他年紀老邁，身體沉重。以利作以色列的士師四十年。
4:19 以利的兒婦、非尼哈的妻懷孕將到產期，她聽見上帝的約櫃被擄去，公公和丈夫都死了，就猛然疼痛，曲身生產；
4:20 將要死的時候，旁邊站著的婦人們對她說：「不要怕！你生了男孩子了。」她卻不回答，也不放在心上。
4:21 她給孩子起名叫以迦博，說：「榮耀離開以色列了！」這是因上帝的約櫃被擄去，又因她公公和丈夫都死了。
4:22 她又說：「榮耀離開以色列，因為上帝的約櫃被擄去了。」
12 That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.
14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?”
The man hurried over to Eli, 15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes had failed so that he could not see. 16 He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.”
Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”
17 The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[b] Israel forty years.
19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.
21 She named the boy Ichabod,[c] 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. 22 She said, “The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”
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以利的媳婦感嘆說：「榮耀離開以色列，因為上帝的約櫃被擄去了。」
這是真的嗎？我們當然說這不是真的！因為約櫃不是上帝，沒有約櫃仍然可以敬拜上帝，祭司死了依然可以獻祭！所以說，上帝並沒有離開以色列，上帝仍然與以色列同在！不是因為約櫃被擄，上帝的榮耀就離開以色列！
所以，我們在講台傳信息要很小心，不要將人的榮辱或成敗當成是上帝的榮辱和成敗！上帝是永不失敗的，上帝是永遠榮耀的！失敗和羞辱是因為人自己犯罪，偏行己路，不遵守上的的誡命所導致，與上帝的榮辱和成敗是不相干的！
反倒是人在面對羞辱與失敗之時，若願意認罪悔改來歸向上帝，上帝的慈愛永不改變，繼續扶持和引導，使我們得著永遠的福樂！這時反而要求主保守，使我們堅定倚賴上帝，相信上帝恆保守，如此我們才會有真正的平安！
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