12 Now the sons of Eli were ^aworthless men. ^bThey did not know the Lord.

17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great ^din the sight of the Lord, ^efor the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.

22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who ^lwere serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

24 No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.