[2:22] Eli was now very old. He kept hearing about everything his sons were doing to the Israelites and that they were even sleeping with the women who worked at the entrance to the Tent of the Lord's presence.
[2:23] So he said to them, “Why are you doing these things? Everybody tells me about the evil you are doing.
[2:24] Stop it, my sons! This is an awful thing the people of the Lord are talking about!
[2:25] If anyone sins against someone else, God can defend the one who is wrong; but who can defend someone who sins against the Lord?” But they would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.
[2:26] The boy Samuel continued to grow and to gain favor both with the Lord and with people.