Is it: In northern latitudes, thunder and rain are far from being un-common during harvest. But rain is hardly ever known in Palestine during that season, which commences about the end of June, or beginning of July. This fact is abundantly confirmed by modern travellers, and is demonstrative to every unprejudiced reader of the Holy Scriptures, that the thunder and rain, which at Samuel's invocation, was sent at this season of the year, was a miraculous interposition of the power of God; for we read in 1Sa 12:16, it was a "great thing which the Lord will do." Thus were the Israelites warned of their sin in having asked a king, and of the omnipotence of that God, whose gracious promises they virtually neglected by this act. Pro 26:1 I will call: 1Sa 7:9, 1Sa 7:10, Jos 10:12, Psa 99:6, Jer 15:1, Jam 5:16-18 your wickedness: 1Sa 8:7 Reciprocal: Exo 9:23 - the Lord sent Exo 19:16 - thunders Jdg 2:17 - they would 1Sa 8:5 - now make 1Sa 8:6 - displeased 1Sa 10:19 - And ye have 1Sa 11:15 - rejoiced greatly 1Sa 31:6 - General 2Sa 22:14 - thundered Ezr 10:9 - trembling Job 38:28 - Hath the Isa 29:6 - General Jer 10:13 - maketh