24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make the LORD’s people disobey.

25 If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD intended to kill them.

26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favour both with the LORD and also with men.