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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, Come you peaceably?

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Bethlehem was a small town in Judah, southwest of Jerusalem, and the home of Jesse’s family. Samuel’s arrival there matters because God had directed him to Jesse’s household to anoint one of his sons as Israel’s next king, eventually David.

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1 Samuel 16:4 mentions Bethlehem.

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