1 Samuel 2:22 - 2:26

Eli Hears About His Sons’ Evils

22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 23 So he said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? 24 No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the people of Yahweh passing about. 25 If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahweh desired to put them to death. 26 Now the young boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.

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