1 Kings 13:4
Context13:4 When the king heard what the prophet 1 cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand 2 and ordered, 3 “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up 4 and he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:32
Context13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority 5 against the altar in Bethel 6 and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north 7 will certainly be fulfilled.”
1 tn Heb “the man of God.”
2 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
3 tn Heb “saying.”
4 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
5 tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the
6 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
7 tn Heb “Samaria.” The name of Israel’s capital city here stands for the northern kingdom as a whole. Actually Samaria was not built and named until several years after this (see 1 Kgs 16:24), so it is likely that the author of Kings, writing at a later time, is here adapting the old prophet’s original statement.