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1 Samuel 12:18

Listen to 1 Samuel 12:18
18 Clam贸 Samuel al SE脩OR, y el SE脩OR envi贸 aquel d铆a truenos y lluvia; y todo el pueblo temi贸 grandemente al SE脩OR y a Samuel.

1 Samuel 12:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 12:18

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 F16 he sent thunder, lightning, and hail, a terrible storm and tempest it was:

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 F17 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 F18, at whose request it came, ( 1 Kings 18:42-45 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 5. sect. 6.
F17 Stromat. l. 6. p. 630.
F18 Vid. Schmid. in Pindar. Nemea, Ode 5. p. 110.
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1 Samuel 12:18 In-Context

16 Presentaos ahora, y ved esta gran cosa que el SE脩OR har谩 delante de vuestros ojos.
17 驴No es ahora la siega del trigo? Yo clamar茅 al SE脩OR, para que mande truenos y lluvia. Entonces conocer茅is y ver茅is que es grande la maldad que hab茅is hecho ante los ojos del SE脩OR, al pedir para vosotros un rey.
18 Clam贸 Samuel al SE脩OR, y el SE脩OR envi贸 aquel d铆a truenos y lluvia; y todo el pueblo temi贸 grandemente al SE脩OR y a Samuel.
19 Entonces todo el pueblo dijo a Samuel: Ruega por tus siervos al SE脩OR tu Dios para que no muramos, porque hemos a帽adido este mal a todos nuestros pecados al pedir para nosotros un rey.
20 Y Samuel dijo al pueblo: No tem谩is; aunque vosotros hab茅is hecho todo este mal, no os apart茅is de seguir al SE脩OR, sino servid al SE脩OR con todo vuestro coraz贸n.

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