23. He said to them, “Why are you doing these things? For I am hearing of your evil dealings from all these people.
24. No, my sons! Truly, it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading.
25. If one man sins against another, God will judge him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.
26. Now the boy Samuel was growing both in stature and favor with the Lord and also with men.
27. A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Did I not plainly reveal Myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?