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1 Samuel 12:16-18
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16 “Now, therefore, stand here and see this great thing that the Lord is doing before your eyes. 17 Is it not now the season for the wheat harvest? I will call upon the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will perceive and realize the great wickedness that you have done before the Lord in asking for a king.”[a]

18 Samuel Intercedes on Behalf of the People. Then Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day. All of the people were filled with fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

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  1. 1 Samuel 12:17 Since this is the dry season in Israel, rainfall would clearly be a sign of God’s intervention and displeasure with the people’s insistence on having a king.
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