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Judgment against Eli’s Sons

22 Now Eli was very[a] old, and he had heard everything that[b] his sons were doing[c] to the Israelis,[d] and how they lay with the women who were serving regularly[e] at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 23 “Why are you doing these things that I’m hearing about?” he asked his sons,[f] “These reports about your evil deeds are coming from all these[g] people! 24 No, my sons, I’m not hearing good news being circulated by the Lord’s people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:22 So MT LXX; 4QSama reads was 98 years
  2. 1 Samuel 2:22 So MT; 4QSama LXX read heard what
  3. 1 Samuel 2:22 So 4QSama; MT reads sons would do
  4. 1 Samuel 2:22 So 4QSama LXX; MT reads to all of Israel
  5. 1 Samuel 2:22 Lit. who had assembled in order
  6. 1 Samuel 2:23 Lit. them
  7. 1 Samuel 2:23 So MT; 4QSama LXX read from the Lord’s