1 Kings 13:1

13:1 Just then ¹  a prophet ²  from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, ³  as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice.

1 Kings 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ⁴  the prophet, ⁵  “Seek the favor of ⁶  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁷  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Heb “Look.” The Hebrew particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) is a rhetorical device by which the author invites the reader to visualize the scene for dramatic effect.

² tn Heb “the man of God.”

³ tn Heb “came by the word of the Lord to Bethel.”

⁴ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

⁵ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

⁶ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

⁷ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”