12A man of Benjamin ran from the rank and came to Shiloh on that day, with his garments torn and soil upon his head.13He came, and behold, Eli was sitting upon the throne, watching, for his heart was trembling concerning the ark of God. And the man came to report it in the city, and the whole city cried out.14Eli heard the voice of the cry and said, "What is the voice of this crowd?" Then the man hastened, came, and told Eli.15Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes had grown dim so that he was unable to see.16The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the rank, and I fled from the rank today." Eli said, "What was the word, my son?"17The bearer of tidings answered and said, "Israel fled before the Philistine, and a great plague also occurred among the people; moreover your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died, and the ark of God was taken."18When he remembered the ark of God, he fell backward from the throne; his neck was broken, and he died, because the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.19His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth; when she heard the report that the ark of God had been taken, her father-in-law and her husband died, so she bowed down and gave birth, for her pangs came upon her.20As she was dying, the women standing by her said, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son," but she did not answer or pay attention.21She called the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel because of the taking of the ark of God and because of her father-in-law and her husband."22She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken."