1 Samuel 12:17-19
Christian Standard Bible
17 Isn’t the wheat harvest today?(A) I will call on the Lord, and he will send thunder and rain so that you will recognize what an immense evil you committed in the Lord’s sight by requesting a king for yourselves.”(B) 18 Samuel called on the Lord, and on that day the Lord sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.(C)
19 They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants(D) so we won’t die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of requesting a king for ourselves.”(E)
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