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24 No, my sons, I’m not hearing good news being circulated by the Lord’s people. 25 If a person sins[a] against another, God[b] will mediate for him,[c] but if a person sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?”

But they would not follow the advice of[d] their father; for the Lord wanted to put them to death. 26 But the boy Samuel continued to grow both physically and in favor with the Lord and the people.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:25 So MT; 4QSama LXX read sins gravely
  2. 1 Samuel 2:25 Or a judge
  3. 1 Samuel 2:25 So MT; 4QSama reads another, he will appeal to the Lord
  4. 1 Samuel 2:25 So MT LXX; 4QSama lacks the advice of