1Sa 2:24 | NET2full | STEP | No , my sons ! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord ’s people is not good .

‏ 1 Samuel 2:24

24 No, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating ^{▼▼tn The verb is a Hiphil participle from עָבַר (ʿabar). The Concise Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (p. 309) understands it to mean “spread[ing] about” in this context. The term can also mean “causing to transgress.”} ^{▼▼tc The LXX reads “the report…is not good, so that the people do not serve God.”} among the Lord’s people is not good.