1 Samuel 2:24-26

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²⁴ No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.^{(A) 25} If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord,^[a] but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.^(B)

²⁶ Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and with the people.^(C)