Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 12:18

18 Yúshì Sǎmǔĕr qiúgào Yēhéhuá , Yēhéhuá jiù zaì zhè rì dá léi jiàng yǔ , zhòng mín biàn shén jùpà Yēhéhuá hé Sǎmǔĕr .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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 ) .

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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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 12:18 In-Context

16 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào zhàn zhù , kàn Yēhéhuá zaì nǐmen yǎnqián yào xíng yī jiàn dà shì .

17 Zhè bú shì gē maìzi de shíhou ma . wǒ qiúgào Yēhéhuá , tā bì dá léi jiàng yǔ , shǐ nǐmen yòu zhīdào yòu kàn chū , nǐmen qiú lì wáng de shì shì zaì Yēhéhuá miànqián fàn dà zuì le .

18 Yúshì Sǎmǔĕr qiúgào Yēhéhuá , Yēhéhuá jiù zaì zhè rì dá léi jiàng yǔ , zhòng mín biàn shén jùpà Yēhéhuá hé Sǎmǔĕr .

19 Zhòng mín duì Sǎmǔĕr shuō , qiú nǐ wèi púrén men dǎogào Yēhéhuá nǐde shén , miǎndé wǒmen sǐwáng , yīnwei wǒmen qiú lì wáng de shì zhēng shì zuì shàng jiā zuì le .

20 Sǎmǔĕr duì bǎixìng shuō , búyào jùpà . nǐmen suīrán xíng le zhè è , què búyào piānlí Yēhéhuá , zhǐyào jìnxīn shìfèng tā .