The name given Phinehas child was Ichavod because it was said that the glory of God has left His People, Israel, because the Philistines captured the Ark of the Covenant. However, long before the Ark was captured by the enemies, 1 Sam 3:1 says that there was already a problem with the relationship between God and His Chosen People: “In those days, the Lord rarely spoke and visions were very few.” At first, God spoke rather rarely; then, eventually, He just stopped talking to His people. Thereupon, the glory of God was said to have departed from the household of Israel. God was gone because the Ark of the Covenant was stolen, and the glory of God was not in Israel because the voice of God could no longer be heard.
Sapagkat napakahalaga nga po ng salita, sa Banal na Bibliya, napakahalaga rin po ng tinig, lalong-lalo na ang tinig ng Diyos. Para sa mga Judyo, ang mismong tinig ng Diyos ay kaluwalhatian ng Diyos. Kapag hindi po naririnig ang tinig ng Diyos, sinasabi nilang nililisan ng kaluwalhatian ng Diyos ang Kanyang Bayan. Halimbawa po, sa 1 Sam 3:1, nasusulat, “Noong mga araw na iyon, bibihirang mangusap ang Panginoon at napakadalang ng mga pangitain.”