1 Samuel 16:4

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“Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?””

— WEB

“And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?”

— KJV

“And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?”

— ASV

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1 Kings 17:18 "She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”"
Hosea 6:5 "Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of light…"
Hosea 11:10 "They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west."

Commentary

the elders of the town trembled at his coming--Beth-lehem was an obscure town, and not within the usual circuit of the judge. The elders were naturally apprehensive, therefore, that his arrival was occasioned by some extraordinary reason, and that it might entail evil upon their town, in consequence of the estrangement between Samuel and the king.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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