1 Samuel 16:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Samuel did what the Lord told him to do and went to Bethlehem. The elders of Bethlehem shook with fear. They met Samuel and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:13

One day Adonijah, the son of Haggith, went to Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba. She asked him, “Do you come in peace?” Adonijah answered, “Yes, this is a peaceful visit.

Luke 5:8

The fishermen were all amazed at the many fish they caught. When Simon Peter saw this, he bowed down before Jesus and said, “Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!”

2 Kings 9:22

Joram saw Jehu and asked, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?” Jehu answered, “There is no peace as long as your mother Jezebel does many acts of prostitution and witchcraft.”

1 Samuel 21:1

Then David left and Jonathan went back to the town. David went to the town named Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech went out to meet David. He was afraid of David and asked, “Why are you alone? Why isn’t anyone with you?”

1 Kings 17:18

Then the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. Can you help me? Or did you come here only to remind me of my sins and to make my son die?”

Luke 8:37

All those who lived in the area around Gerasa asked Jesus to go away because they were afraid. So Jesus got into the boat to go back to Galilee.

Luke 2:4

So Joseph left Nazareth, a town in Galilee, and went to the town of Bethlehem in Judea. It was known as the town of David. Joseph went there because he was from the family of David.

Hosea 11:10

I, the Lord, will roar like a lion, and my children will come and follow me. They will come from the west, shaking with fear.

Hosea 6:5

I used the prophets and made laws for the people. The people were killed at my command, but good things will come from those decisions.

2 Samuel 6:9

David became afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can I bring God’s Holy Box here now?”

Genesis 48:7

On the trip from Paddan Aram, Rachel died in the land of Canaan. This made me very sad. We were still traveling toward Ephrath. I buried her there on the road to Ephrath.” (Ephrath is Bethlehem.)

Genesis 35:19

Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).