1Sa 16:4 | NETfull | STEP | Samuel did what the Lord told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said, “Do you come in peace?”

1 Samuel 16:4

4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ^{▼▼ Heb “said.”} When he arrived in Bethlehem, ^{▼▼ For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.} the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ^{▼▼ In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).} said, “Do you come in peace?”