1 Samuel 12:17

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.

Ver. 17. Is it not wheat harvest today? ] And so, no usual season for rain; Pro 26:1 because the parching heat of the sun drieth up the exhalations and vapours. It was a fair day, howsoever, when these things were spoken: and the change was as sudden as that at Sodom. Gen 19:22

I will call unto the Lord. ] And could ye not rest satisfied with such a governor as is thus prevalent with God, and can open or shut heaven by his prayers?

And he shall send thunder and rain. ] Which though it might hinder their harvest, yet it furthered their soul’s health, which was chiefly to be regarded.