²² Eli’s Warning Ignored. Now Eli was very old, and he heard about all the things that his sons were doing to the whole of Israel, how they lay with the woman who gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ²³ He said to them, “Why do you do these things? I have been hearing about your evil deeds from everyone. ²⁴ No, my sons! It is an evil report that I hear among the Lord’s people.