1 Samuel 16:4-5

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4} Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem.^(A) When the elders of the town met him, they trembled^(a) and asked, “Do^(b) you come in peace?”^(B)

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5} “In peace,” he replied. “I’ve come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves^(C) and come with me to the sacrifice.”^(c) Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Samuel 16:4: LXX reads were astonished

b. 1 Samuel 16:4: DSS, LXX read Seer, do

c. 1 Samuel 16:5: LXX reads and rejoice with me today

Cross references:

A. 1 Samuel 16:4: Genesis 48:7; Luke 2:4

B. 1 Samuel 16:4: 1 Kings 2:13; 2 Kings 9:22; 1 Chronicles 12:17-18

C. 1 Samuel 16:5: Genesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10