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.’

14 David was then in the ^tstronghold, and the ^ugarrison of the Philistines was then at ^vBethlehem.