1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s Worthless Sons

12Now the sons of Eli were aworthless men. bThey did not know the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:17

17Thus the sin of the young men was very great cin the sight of the Lord, dfor the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.

1 Samuel 2:22-26

Eli Rebukes His Sons

22Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who ewere serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23And he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people. 24No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. 25If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ffor it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

26Now the boy Samuel gcontinued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

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