¹³ some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘^(A)Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),

The Sin of Eli’s Sons

¹² Now the sons of Eli were ^[a](A)worthless men; they did not know the Lord

¹⁰ and seat two ^(A)worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘^(B)You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and ^(C)stone him ^[a]to death.”

¹⁵ Or what ^(A)harmony has Christ with ^[a]Belial, or ^[b]what has a ^(B)believer in common with an ^(C)unbeliever?