1 Samuel 12:14-19
1599 Geneva Bible
14 If ye will fear the Lord and serve him, and hear his voice, and not disobey the word of the Lord, both ye, and the king that reigneth over you, shall [a]follow the Lord your God.
15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but disobey the Lord’s mouth, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you, and on your [b]fathers.
16 Now also stand and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.
17 Is it not now wheat harvest? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain, that ye may perceive and see, how that your wickedness is [c]great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king.
18 Then Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain the same day: and all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly.
19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have sinned in asking us a King, beside [d]all our other sins.
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- 1 Samuel 12:14 Ye shall be preserved as they that follow the Lord’s will.
- 1 Samuel 12:15 Meaning, the governors.
- 1 Samuel 12:17 In that ye have forsaken him, who hath all power in his hand, for a mortal man.
- 1 Samuel 12:19 Not only at other times, but now chiefly.
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