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25 If one man sins against another, (A)God will mediate for him; but (B)if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for (C)Yahweh desired to put them to death.

26 Now the young boy (D)Samuel [a]was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.

Eli Honors His Sons Above Yahweh

27 Then (E)a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘(F)Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, enslaved to Pharaoh’s house?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:26 Lit was going on both great and good