1 Samuel 12:16-20

16Now therefore stand and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes.

17Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call unto Jehovah, and he will send thunder and rain; and ye shall perceive and see that your wickedness is great which ye have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking for yourselves a king.

18And Samuel called to Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

19And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah thy 1God for thy servants, that we die not; for we have added to all our sins the wickedness to ask for ourselves a king.

20And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;