Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.(A) When the elders of the town met him, they trembled[a] and asked, “Do[b] you come in peace?” (B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4 LXX reads were astonished
  2. 16:4 DSS, LXX read “Seer, do

Samuel did what the Lord said. When he arrived at Bethlehem,(A) the elders of the town trembled(B) when they met him. They asked, “Do you come in peace?(C)

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