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1 Samuel 12:17 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 17
Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.1 Samuel 12:17 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:17 in context
15But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
16Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
18So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perceiveyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- harvestqâtsîyrseveredH7105 →
- thunderqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- wheatchiṭṭâhwheat, whether the grain or the plantH2406 →
- callqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Two things Samuel here aims at: - I. To convince the people of their sin in desiring a king. They were now rejoicing before God in and with their king (Sa1 11:15), and offering to God the sacrifices of praise, which they hoped God would accept;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-25