^16:4Samuel did what the Lord told him.⁶ When he arrived in Bethlehem,⁷ the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They⁸ said, “Do you come in peace?”

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Footnotes

6 Heb “said.”
7 For location see ; ; ; .
8 In the the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

NLTNew Living Translation

So Samuel did as the Lord instructed. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town came trembling to meet him. “What’s wrong?” they asked. “Do you come in peace?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So Samuel did what Yahweh said. He came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the city came trembling to meet him. They said, “Have you come in peace?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

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