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

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  1. 1 Samuel 16:4 tn Heb “said.”
  2. 1 Samuel 16:4 tc 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”).
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1 Samuel 16:4
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4 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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