Bible Studies for Life Associate professor of religion, Department of Religion, Samford University When Leaders Fail 1 Samuel 2:22–25; 3:11–21 A Sacred Trust Violated (2:22–25) Some time had passed since the episode in the preceding verses. Eli was now very old. The women with whom Eli’s sons were “sleeping” were not the Canaanite temple prostitutes. Likely they were women who…