1 Samuel 12 · Verse 18

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.
1 Samuel 12:18, King James Version

1 Samuel 12:18 in other translations

BSBSo Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
WEBSo Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
ASVSo Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
YLTAnd Samuel calleth unto Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth voices and rain, on that day, and all the people greatly fear Jehovah and Samuel;
DARBYAnd Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
BBESo Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.
WebsterSo Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

What does 1 Samuel 12:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 12:17-25

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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The Lord sent thunder and rain that day - This was totally unusual; and, as it came at the call of Samuel, was a most evident miracle. Greatly feared the Lord - They dreaded His terrible majesty; and they feared Samuel, perceiving that he had so much power with God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 12:16-25

At Samuel's word, God sent thunder and rain, at a season of the year when, in that country, the like was not seen. This was to convince them they had done wickedly in asking a king; not only by its coming at an unusual time, in wheat harvest, and on a clear day, but by the prophet's giving notice of it before. He showed their folly in desiring a king to save them, rather than God, or Samuel; promising themselves…

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1 Samuel 12:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֤אvai.yik.Ra'and he called outH7121
שְׁמוּאֵל֙she.mu.'ElSamuelH8050
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַיִּתֵּ֧ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
קֹלֹ֥תko.Lotthunder clapsH6963
וּמָטָ֖רu.ma.Tarand rainH4306
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
וַיִּירָ֨אvai.yi.Ra'and it fearedH3372
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֥םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
מְאֹ֛דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁמוּאֵֽל\׃she.mu.'ElSamuelH8050

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 12:18

  • Exodus 14:31

    And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and his servant Moses.

  • Ezra 10:9

    Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

  • Exodus 9:23-25

    And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

  • Psalms 106:12-13

    Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

  • Revelation 11:5-6

    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sent thunder.
Ex 9:23-25; Re 11:5,6
feared.
Ex 14:31; Ezr 10:9; Ps 106:12,13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 12:18

    So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

  • 1 Samuel 12:19

    And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

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1 Samuel 12:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Samuel clamó á Jehová; y Jehová dió truenos y aguas en aquel día; y todo el pueblo temió en gran manera á Jehová y á Samuel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Samuel cria à l’ Éternel, et l’ Éternel envoya des tonnerres et de la pluie, ce jour-là; et tout le peuple craignit beaucoup l’ Éternel et Samuel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Samuel rief zu Jehova, und Jehova gab Donner und Regen an jenem Tage. Da fürchtete sich das ganze Volk sehr vor Jehova und vor Samuel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et clamavit Samuel ad Dominum, et dedit Dominus voces et pluvias in illa die.