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16 “Now stand still and see the great thing the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 It is now the time of the wheat harvest.[a] I will pray for the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will know what an evil thing you did against the Lord when you asked for a king.”

18 Then Samuel prayed to the Lord, and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So the people were very afraid of the Lord and Samuel.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:17 time . . . harvest This was a dry time in the summer when no rains fell.

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