20 And Eli awould bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you descendants from this woman for the1 loan that was bgiven to the Lord.” Then they would go to their own home.
21 And the Lord avisited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel bgrew before the Lord.
Prophecy Against Eli’s Household
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel,1 and how they lay with athe women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
23 So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
24 No, my sons! For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord’s people transgress.
25 If one man sins against another, aGod will judge him. But if a man bsins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, cbecause the Lord desired to kill them.
26 And the child Samuel agrew in stature, and bin favor both with the Lord and men.
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