1 Samuel 12:17 meaning and explanation
Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”
1 Samuel 12:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Samuel is speaking to all Israel at Gilgal, near the end of his farewell address, after Saul has been confirmed as king. Wheat harvest fell in late spring, when rain was rare in that region, so Samuel offers a sign the people will recognize as God's own doing.
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