Text -- 1 Kings 13:4 (NET)

13:4 When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, “Seize him!” The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 13:4

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.”