1 Samuel 12:17
Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the LORD so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the LORD by asking for a king for yourselves.”
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- 1 Sam 7:9-9 : 9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel’s behalf, and the LORD answered him. 10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.
- 1 Sam 8:7 : 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
- Prov 26:1 : 1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
- Jas 5:16-18 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. 17 Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months! 18 Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.
- Josh 10:12 : 12 The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”
- Jer 15:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me,“Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
- Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the LORD and he answered them.
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- 1 Sam 12:18-192 verses89%
18So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the LORD and Samuel.
19All the people said to Samuel,“Pray to the LORD your God on behalf of us– your servants– so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”
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16“So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the LORD is about to do in your sight.
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1The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
- 1 Sam 12:12-132 verses75%
12“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!
13Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!
- 1 Sam 8:18-192 verses73%
18In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you in that day.”
19But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!
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1Samuel said to all Israel,“I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.
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10As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel.
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14then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
- 1 Sam 8:5-73 verses71%
5They said to him,“Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have.”
6But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
- 2 Chr 6:26-272 verses71%
26“The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
27then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.
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19But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”
- 1 Sam 8:9-113 verses71%
9So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”
10So Samuel spoke all of the LORD’S words to the people who were asking him for a king.
11He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.
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22Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this.”
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44The seventh time the servant said,“Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah then said,“Go and tell Ahab,‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’”
- 1 Sam 8:21-222 verses70%
21So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the LORD.
22The LORD said to Samuel,“Do as they say and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel,“Each of you go back to his own city.”
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10Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“Give me a king and princes”?
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17Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.
- 1 Kgs 8:35-362 verses70%
35“The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
36then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.
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38Then Saul said,“All you leaders of the army come here. Find out how this sin occurred today.
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7“I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.
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1Elijah Meets the King’s Servant Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the LORD’S message came to Elijah,“Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”
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5Then Samuel said,“Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
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14Samuel replied,“If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
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6For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’
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17The LORD has done exactly as I prophesied! The LORD has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!
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1Saul Is Rejected as King Then Samuel said to Saul,“I was the one the LORD sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the LORD says.
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14Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”
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17I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,’ says the LORD.
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15Now the day before Saul arrived, the LORD had told Samuel:
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3Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you.”
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41Then Elijah told Ahab,“Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard.”
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19But the officer replied to the prophet,“Look, even if the LORD made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?” Elisha said,“Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!”
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28Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
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17Samuel said,“Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD chose you as king over Israel.
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7Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the LORD regarding all the LORD’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.
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17When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said,“Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”
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15Samuel said to Saul,“Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied,“I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me anymore– not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”
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13When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people,
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17Then Samuel called the people together before the LORD at Mizpah.
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18I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.