1 Samuel 16:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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?”

Cross References

Genesis 35:19

And Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem,

Genesis 48:7

For when I came from Paddan, Rachel, alas, died in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.”

2 Samuel 6:9

David was afraid of the Lord that day; he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come into my care?”

1 Kings 17:18

She then said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”

1 Kings 2:13

Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come peaceably?” He said, “Peaceably.”

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu, he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” He answered, “What peace can there be, so long as the many prostitutions and sorceries of your mother Jezebel continue?”

Hosea 11:10

They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west.

Hosea 6:5

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light.

Luke 2:4

Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David.

Luke 5:8

But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’s knees, saying, “Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

Luke 8:37

Then the whole throng of people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

1 Samuel 21:1

David came to Nob to the priest Ahimelech. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?”