¹⁸ So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord sent ^[a]thunder and rain that day; and ^(A)all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

⁴ Then ^(A)everyone who was frightened by the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat ^[a]appalled until ^(B)the evening offering.

³ So now ^(A)let’s make a covenant with our God to send away all the wives and ^[a](B)their children, following the counsel of ^[b]my lord and of ^(C)those who fear the commandment of our God; and let it be done ^(D)according to the Law.