Ichabod
Sign in to savethumb|Birth of Ichabod. The fall of the statue of Dagon near the Ark captured by the Philistines
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- male
- Mother
- Wife of Phinehas
- Sibling
- Ahitub
- Occupation
- priest
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- Facial Chronicle - b.03, p.022 - Birth of Ichabod.jpg
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thumb|Birth of Ichabod. The fall of the statue of Dagon near the Ark captured by the Philistines
Ichabod ( ʾĪḵāḇōḏ, "without glory", or "where is the glory?"; Septaguint: Οὐαιβαρχαβωθ) is mentioned in the first Book of Samuel as the son of Phinehas, a priest at the biblical shrine of Shiloh. Ichabod was born immediately after the Philistines captured the Israelites' Ark of the Covenant: Ichabod's mother went into labour due to the shock of hearing that her husband and Eli, her father-in-law, had died and that the Ark had fallen into enemy hands. 1 Samuel 14:3 names Ichabod as the brother of Ahitub.
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