1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
wheat	חִטִּים֙ chi.Tim	H2406	wheat · noun, common masculine plural absolute
harvest	קְצִיר ke.tzir-	H7105	severed · noun, common masculine singular construct
day	הַיּ֔וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
call	אֶקְרָא֙ 'ek.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
send	וְיִתֵּ֥ן ve.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine singular
thunder	קֹל֖וֹת ko.Lot	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common feminine plural absolute
rain	וּמָטָ֑ר u.ma.Tar	H4306	rain · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
perceive	וּדְע֣וּ u.de.'U	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
see	וּרְא֗וּ u.re.'U	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
wickedness	רָעַתְכֶ֤ם ra.'at.Khem	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
great	רַבָּה֙ ra.Bah	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, feminine singular absolute
done	עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ 'a.si.Tem	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
sight	בְּעֵינֵ֣י be.'ei.Nei	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
asking	לִשְׁא֥וֹל lish.'ol	H7592	to inquire · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but the…
1 Samuel 7:9-10 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the…
Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
James 5:16-18 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availet…
Joshua 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of…
Psalms 99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:16–end

Two things Samuel here aims at: - I. To convince the people of their sin in desiring a king. They were now rejoicing before God in and with their king (Sa1 11:15), and offering to God the sacrifices of praise, which they hoped God would accept; and this perhaps made them think that there was no harm in their asking a king, but really they had done well in it. Therefore Samuel here charges it upon them as their sin, as wickedness, great wickedness in the sight of the Lord. Note, Though we meet with prosperity and success in a way of sin, yet we must not therefore think the more favourably of it. They have a king, and if they conduct themselves well their king may be a very great blessing to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 12:17

HE TERRIFIES THEM WITH THUNDER IN HARVEST-TIME. (Sa1 12:17-25) Is it not wheat harvest to-day?--That season in Palestine occurs at the end of June or beginning of July, when it seldom or never rains, and the sky is serene and cloudless. There could not, therefore, have been a stronger or more appropriate proof of a divine mission than the phenomenon of rain and thunder happening, without any prognostics of its approach, upon the prediction of a person professing himself to be a prophet of the Lord, and giving it as an attestation of his words being true. The people regarded it as a miraculous display of divine power, and, panic-struck, implored the prophet to pray for them. Promising to do…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 12:17

Is it not wheat harvest to-day? - That is, This is the time of wheat harvest. According to St. Jerome, who spent several years in the promised land, this harvest commenced about the end of June or beginning of July, in which he says he never saw rain in Judea: Nunquam enim in fine mensis Junii, sive in mense Julio, in his provinciis, maximeque in Judea, pluvias vidimus. - Hier. in Amo 4:7; where he refers to this very history. What occurred now hardly ever occurs there but in the winter months.

Dictionary and topics

Thunder — Often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord “sons of thunder” (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of “thunder,” as in the Authorized Version,…
Harvest, The · Of wheat at Pentecost — Of wheat at Pentecost
Kings · Sin of Israel in seeking — Sin of Israel in seeking
Rain · .By Samuel — .By Samuel
Thunder · A sign of divine anger — A sign of divine anger

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 12:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 12:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 12:17

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 12:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 12:16–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 12:17

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 12:17

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Samuel 12:17

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 12:13-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 12:17

Rashi on 1 Samuel 12:17