Discovery Box1 Kings 12:33 
ContextA Prophet from Judah Visits Bethel
12:33 On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) 1 Jeroboam 2 offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. 3 He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices.
1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 4 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 5 and ordered, 6 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 7 and he could not pull it back.
1 tn Heb “which he had chosen by himself.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jeroboam) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
4 tn Heb “the man of God.”
5 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
6 tn Heb “saying.”
7 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
