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Ichabod (, i khavodinglorious) is named by the Books of Samuel as the brother of Ahitub. Ichabod is also identified by the Books of Samuel as having been the son of Phinehas, and as having been born on the day that the Ark was taken into Philistine captivity. His mother went into labour due to the shock of hearing that her husband and father-in-law had died and that the Ark had been captured.

In the Book of 1 Samuel, his name is said to be a reference to: the glory has departed from Israel, because of the loss of the Ark to the Philistines, and a lesser reference to the deaths of her father-in-law, Eli and her husband, Phinehas. She repeats the phrase, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured," to show her piety, and that the public and spiritual loss lay heavier upon her spirit than her personal or domestic calamity. Yairah Amit suggests that his name indicates "the fate of this newborn child who would have no parents, no grandfather and not even God, because even the glory has departed from the place."

The Septuagint, however, states that his name was a complaint: woe to the glory of Israel. The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209 refers to him as ouai barchaboth, i.e. as I Bar Chabod - I, son of Chabod or No, son of Glory. According to textual scholars, this section of the Book of Samuel, the sanctuaries source, derives from a fairly late source compared with other parts, and hence this justification of his name may simply be a folk etymology.

While Ichabod is barely mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the fact that Ahitub is elsewhere referred to as the brother of Ichabod, rather than as son of Phinehas (or of anyone else), has led textual scholars to suspect that Ichabod was considered a significant individual in the days of Samuel.

Ichabod (disambiguation)

Ichabod is a Biblical figure and a Hebrew word meaning "inglorious."

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But before he could get the words out, Ichabod trod on his foot and coughed meaningfully.

The doctor shouted again, and Arthur, suddenly stripped of strength, fell down the ladder onto the deck, taking a surprised Ichabod with him.

Arthur saw Ichabod slide past, till the Denizen managed to grab hold of a grating.

While Arthur gingerly crawled to the side and looked over at the blue sand, Ichabod went and got a cup of tea to offer to Arthur.

He was quite surprised when Ichabod simply handed the cup straight back, but the cup was full again.

Before the boy could protest, Ichabod had wrapped a red cloth around his neck and tied it as a necktie as well.

Arthur tried to take a step out, Ichabod held up his hand and gave a slight bow.

He saw Ichabod standing primly amid a gaggle of tattooed, unkempt salvagers and waved.

But when Arthur lost his temper and spoke sharply to him, he caved in and withdrew to his bed, Ichabod calmly drawing the curtains after him.

But the chamber was even larger than he remembered, and Ichabod moved the display cases around to create even more space, while telling him that his coat needed to be cleaned, his boots washed, and that the creation of vastly more space within a room was merely a matter of correctly arranging the furniture.

Arthur ripped some more, and then Suzy and Leaf and Jebenezer and even Ichabod were there pulling at the paper as well.

Behind her he saw his father coming more slowly, his dark face set in a threatening frown which Ichabod for once found welcome.

Radcliffe lit a cigarette and glanced at Ichabod, next to Rick in the front seat.

Uncertain, Ichabod lowered his feet to the ground and stood blinking in the sunlight.

Rick to help Ichabod back into the car, and subsided with a grunt of satisfaction into the soft padding.