be delivered: or, cry out

came: Heb. were turned

Geneva Study Bible

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 {i} bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

(i) And positioned her body for her labour and delivery.1 Samuel 4:19 Parallel Commentaries

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