So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
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So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
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So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 12:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 14:31 Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant Moses.
- Exodus 9:23-25 Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
- Ezra 10:9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
- Psalms 106:12-13 Then they believed his words. They sang his praise. They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Revelation 11:5-6 If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way. These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and…
1Sa 12:18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Ver. 18. And the Lord sent thunder and rain that day.] Out of the midst of water he fetched fire, astonishing the people with the fearful noise of that eruption; that he might refute their folly, and bring them to repentance: since now they saw evidently that God was greatly displeased with them for rejecting his government, and that it was not Samuel’s saying only.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Who had such great power and favour with God.
Who had such great power and favour with God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So Samuel called unto the Lord,.... Not in an…
So Samuel called unto the Lord,.... Not in an authoritative way, or by way of command, but by prayer; so the Targum renders the clause in the preceding verse,"I will pray before the Lord:"
and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; immediately, though there was no appearance of it; it was harvest time, and a fine harvest day. Josephus says (p) he sent thunder, lightning, and hail, a terrible storm and tempest it was:
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and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel; the Lord that sent this tempest, and Samuel who had such power with God in prayer. Clement of Alexandria (q) thinks that from hence the Greeks borrowed their fable concerning Aeacus invoking God, when there was a drought in Greece; and as soon as he prayed, immediately there was thunder, and the whole air was covered with clouds; but perhaps they rather framed it from the instance of Elijah praying for rain (r), at whose request it came, Kg1 18:42.
(p) Antiqu. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 6. (q) Stromat. l. 6. p. 630. (r) Vid. Schmid. in Pindar. Nemea, Ode 5. p. 110.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Samuel - Who had such power and favour with…
Samuel - Who had such power and favour with God. By this thunder and rain, God shewed them their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God or Samuel, expecting more from an arm of flesh than from the arm of God, or from the power of prayer. Could their king thunder with a voice like God? Could their prince command such forces as the prophet could by his prayers? Likewise he intimates, that how serene soever their condition was now, (like the weather in wheat harvest) yet if God pleased, he could soon change the face of their heavens, and persecute them with his storms.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. The Lord sent thunder and rain that…
Verse 18. The Lord sent thunder and rain that day] This was totally unusual; and, as it came at the call of Samuel, was a most evident miracle.
Greatly feared the Lord] They dreaded His terrible majesty; and they feared Samuel, perceiving that he had so much power with God.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 12:18. The Lord sent thunder and rain —…
1Sa 12:18. The Lord sent thunder and rain — Such was the power and favour with God that this man of God possessed! By this thunder and rain, God showed them their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God or Samuel, expecting more from an arm of flesh than from the arm of God, or from the power of prayer. Could their king thunder with a voice like God? Could their prince command such forces as the prophet could by his prayers? Likewise he intimates, that how serene soever their condition was now, (like the weather in wheat-harvest,) yet if God pleased he could soon change the face of the heavens, and persecute them with his storms.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Feared the Lord and Samuel — They felt…
18. Feared the Lord and Samuel — They felt that Samuel’s thoughts and feelings and those of Jehovah were the same. Jehovah’s true representative was among them.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. feared the Lord and Samuel] The unexpected rain…
18. feared the Lord and Samuel] The unexpected rain was a “sign,” attesting the prophet’s words. Cp. Exo_14:31.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain DIVINE TESTIMONY TO SAMUEL"S INTEGRITY (vers. 18-25).
DIVINE TESTIMONY TO SAMUEL"S INTEGRITY (vers. 18-25).
Jehovah sent thunder and rain. Rain in Palestine falls usually only at the autumnal and vernal equinox, and though thunder storms are not unknown at other times, yet, by the general testimony of travellers, they are very rare. Naturally, therefore, this storm deeply impressed the minds of the people. Though not in itself miraculous, the circumstances made it so.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 12:18 terrified: Cp. Exod 19:16.
12:18 terrified: Cp. Exod 19:16.
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