21 So the LORD attended to Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD. 22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they were sleeping with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 23 “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
1 Samuel 2:21–23
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