In the Book of 1 Samuel, his name is said to mean the glory has departed from Israel, because of the loss of the Ark to the Philistines, and a lesser reference to the deaths of Eli and Phinehas. She repeats the phrase "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured", to show her piety,[2] and that the public and spiritual loss lay heavier upon her spirit than her personal or domestic calamity.[3] 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".[4]