Discovery Box1 Kings 13:1 
Context13:1 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
Context13:6 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
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
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
8 tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”
