1 Samuel 2:24-26

English Standard Version

²⁴ No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. ²⁵ If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, ^(A)for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

²⁶ Now the boy Samuel ^(B)continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.