1 Samuel 12:18 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 12:18

16 “Now therefore, ^astand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes:

17 Is today not the ^awheat harvest? ^bI will call to the Lord, and He will send thunder and ^crain, that you may perceive and see that ^dyour wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking a king for yourselves.”

18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and ^aall the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

19 And all the people said to Samuel, ^a“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”

20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; ^ayet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

21 And ^ado not turn aside; ^bfor then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

22 For ^athe Lord will not forsake ^bHis people, ^cfor His great name’s sake, because ^dit has pleased the Lord to make you His people.

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 12:18:

Day {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Day {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

People {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Rain {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Rain {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Samuel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Samuel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Samuel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sent {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Thunder {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Thunder {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lord {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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