4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to ^wBethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”

12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of ^kBethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.¹

6 If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to ^dBethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’

32 And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was at ^vBethlehem. And Joab and his men marched all night, and the day broke upon them at Hebron.