11 Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelt safe.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, came against you, ye said unto me, No, but a king shall reign over us when the Lord your God was your king.
13 Now, therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired! Behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
14 If ye will fear the Lord and serve him and hear his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigns over you continue following the Lord your God.
15 But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord shall be against you as it was against your fathers.
16 Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
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 for a king over you.