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The elders of the city were trembling as they came to meet him
It seems the elders were trembling because they were worried that Samuel came to rebuke them. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
In peace
This can be stated as a complete sentence. AT: "Yes, I have come in peace" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
to set ... apart
To set someone apart means to get that person ready for Yahweh's purposes by making sure that person is ritually clean according to the law of Moses.