Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 2:22
A church father on this verse
“Because their father [Eli] did not chastise them with enough severity … he moved the forbearance of God to wrath so great that foreign peoples rose up against them and killed those sons of his in war in one day. His entire nation, furthermore, was vanquished, and a considerable number of his people fell. Now, this hap…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
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20And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, saying, The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.
21And the Lord visited Hannah, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
— 1 Samuel 2:22 —
23And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?
24Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.