And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.(1 Samuel 4:17)

And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.(1 Samuel 4:18)

And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.(1 Samuel 4:19)

And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.(1 Samuel 4:21)

And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.(1 Samuel 4:22)

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.(1 Samuel 5:1)

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1 Samuel 4:20 - Cross Reference

And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. (Genesis 35:17)

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. (John 16:21)

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. (Psalm 77:2)