Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:23-25 
Context2:23 He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these 1 people. 2:24 This ought not to be, 2 my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good. 2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons 3 would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided 4 to kill them.
1 tc For “these” the LXX has “of the Lord” (κυρίου, kuriou), perhaps through the influence of the final phrase of v. 24 (“the people of the
2 tn Heb “no.”
3 tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “desired.”
