Parallel
1 Samuel 16:4
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Beth–lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming (note: Heb. meeting), and said, Comest thou peaceably?
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”