Commentaire sur Samuel 1 8:3

s They were swayed. Themselves.¹ וַיִטּוּ is in the קַל [simple] form.

[They] perverted. Something else, i.e., justice.²וַיַטּוּ is in the הִפֽעִיל [causative] form. Our Rabbis said³Maseches Shabbos 56a. that Shmuel's sons did not sin. They merely did not follow in their father's ways. Their father would travel to all places in Yisroel, and judge them in their cities. But they did not do so,⁴They did not travel, but rather settled in בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע and would summon litigants to their court. Because the litigants had to pay additional travel expenses to go to בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, many chose to forgo their claims and thereby corrupting the justice system. in order to increase the income of their agents and scribes.