World English Bible
1 Samuel 2:26
“The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 2
No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make Yahweh's people disobey.
If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Yahweh, who shall entreat for him?" Notwithstanding, they didn't listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh was minded to kill them.
The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh, and also with men.
A man of God came to Eli, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh's house?
Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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