23. So he asked them, “Why are you doing such things? I hear about your wicked ways from all these people.
24. Sons, the report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading isn’t good!
25. If one person sins against another, God will take care of him. However, when a person sins against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they wouldn’t listen to their father’s warning—the Lord wanted to kill them.
26. The boy Samuel continued to grow and gained the favor of the Lord and the people.