1 Kings 12:33

A 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

13:4 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 Kings 13:32

13:32 for the prophecy he announced with the Lord’s authority ⁸  against the altar in Bethel ⁹  and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north ¹⁰  will certainly be fulfilled.”

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.”

⁷ tn Heb “for the word which he cried out by the word of the Lord”

⁸ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁹ 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.