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1 Samuel 12:16-18
Contemporary English Version
1 Samuel 12:16-18
Contemporary English Version
16 Just stand here and watch the Lord show his mighty power. 17 Isn't this the dry season?[a] I'm going to ask the Lord to send a thunderstorm. When you see it, you will realize how wrong you were to ask for a king.
18 Samuel prayed, and that same day the Lord sent a thunderstorm. Everyone was afraid of the Lord and of Samuel.
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- 12.17 the dry season: The Hebrew text has “time for wheat harvest,” which was usually in the spring, the beginning of the dry season.
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