18 Then Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain the same day: and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly.

19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have sinned in asking us a King, beside [a]all our other sins.

20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not, (ye have indeed done all this wickedness, [b]yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:19 Not only at other times, but now chiefly.
  2. 1 Samuel 12:20 He showeth that there is no sin so great, but it shall be forgiven, if the sinner turn again to God.

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