24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make the LORD’s people disobey.

25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat 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 favor both with the LORD, and also with men.