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1 Samuel 12:18 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 12 · verse 18
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.1 Samuel 12:18 · King James Version
1 Samuel 12:18 in context
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.
20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thunderqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- greatlymᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- SamuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- fearedyârêʼto fearH3372 →
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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