Come to the Temple, LORD, with the Covenant Box, the symbol of your power, and stay here forever.

The Danites set up the idol to be worshiped, and Jonathan, the son of Gershom and grandson of Moses, served as a priest for the Danites, and his descendants served as their priests until the people were taken away into exile.

After the Philistines captured the Covenant Box, they carried it from Ebenezer to their city of Ashdod,

took it into the temple of their god Dagon, and set it up beside his statue.

Rise up now, LORD God, and with the Covenant Box, the symbol of your power, enter the Temple and stay here forever. Bless your priests in all they do, and may all your people be happy because of your goodness to them.

Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors, and the great king will come in.

Then the cloud covered the Tent and the dazzling light of the LORD's presence filled it.

She named the boy Ichabod, explaining, "God's glory has left Israel"---referring to the capture of the Covenant Box and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.

"God's glory has left Israel," she said, "because God's Covenant Box has been captured."