1 Samuel 16:4

New Century Version

Samuel did what the Lord told him to do. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of Bethlehem shook with fear. They met him and asked, “Are you coming in peace?”

Cross References

1 Kings 2:13

At this time Adonijah son of Haggith went to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. “Do you come in peace?” Bathsheba asked. “Yes. This is a peaceful visit,” Adonijah answered.

Luke 5:8

When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he bowed down before Jesus and said, “Go away from me, Lord. I am a sinful man!”

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is all in order, Jehu?” Jehu answered, “There will never be any order as long as your mother Jezebel worships idols and uses witchcraft.”

1 Samuel 21:1

David went to Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech shook with fear when he saw David, and he asked, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

1 Kings 17:18

The woman said to Elijah, “Man of God, what have you done to me? Did you come here to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?”

Luke 8:37

All the people of the Gerasene country asked Jesus to leave, because they were all very afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and went back to Galilee.

Luke 2:4

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

Hosea 11:10

They will go after the Lord, and he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will hurry to him from the west.

Hosea 6:5

I have warned you by my prophets that I will kill you and destroy you. My justice comes out like bright light.

2 Samuel 6:9

David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the Ark of the Lord come to me now?”

Genesis 48:7

When I came from Northwest Mesopotamia, Rachel died in the land of Canaan, as we were traveling toward Ephrath. This made me very sad, and I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.” (Today Ephrath is Bethlehem.)

Genesis 35:19

Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath, a district of Bethlehem,