24 No, my sons; for the report is not good (A)which I hear [a]the Lord’s people circulating. 25 If one man sins against another, (B)God will mediate for him; but (C)if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the (D)Lord desired to put them to death.

26 Now the boy (E)Samuel [b]was growing in stature and in favor both with the Lord and with men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:24 Or making the Lord’s people transgress
  2. 1 Samuel 2:26 Lit was going on both great and good