1 Samuel 12:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Now then, stand ready to witness the great marvel the Lord is about to accomplish before your eyes. 17 Are we not in the harvest time for wheat?[a] Yet I will call upon the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain. Thus you will see and understand how great an evil it is in the eyes of the Lord that you have asked for a king.”(A) 18 Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.
Assistance Promised. Then all the people feared the Lord and Samuel.
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- 12:17 Harvest time for wheat: in May–June. Since this is a period of little or no rainfall in Israel, the people will not mistake the sign for a natural phenomenon.
1 Samuel 12:16-18
New International Version
16 “Now then, stand still(A) and see(B) this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat harvest(C) now? I will call(D) on the Lord to send thunder(E) and rain.(F) And you will realize what an evil(G) thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”
18 Then Samuel called on the Lord,(H) and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe(I) of the Lord and of Samuel.
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