◄ 1 Samuel 12:18 ►
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Good News Translation
So Samuel prayed, and on that same day the LORD sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of the LORD and of Samuel,

New Revised Standard Version
So Samuel called upon the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

Contemporary English Version
Samuel prayed, and that same day the LORD sent a thunderstorm. Everyone was afraid of the LORD and of Samuel.

New American Bible
Samuel called upon the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people feared the LORD and Samuel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.

sent thunder

Exodus 9:23-25 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightnings running along the ground: and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. . . .

Revelation 11:5,6 And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths and shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this manner must he be slain. . . .

feared

Exodus 14:31 And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.

Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain.

Psalm 106:12,13 And they believed his words: and they sang his praises. . . .

Context
Samuel's Farewell Address
…17Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain: and you shall know, and see that you yourselves have done a great evil in the sight of the Lord, in desiring a king over you. 18And Samuel cried unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.19And all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. And all the people said to Samuel: Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.…
Cross References
Exodus 14:31
And they saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore, and the mighty hand that the Lord had used against them: and the people feared the Lord, and they believed the Lord, and Moses his servant.

Ezra 10:9
Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain.

Job 37:13
Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them:

1 Samuel 12:17
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