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 13:26
Context13:26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, 5 he said, “It is the prophet 6 who rebelled against the Lord. 7 The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up 8 and killed him, just as the Lord warned him.” 9


[13:4] 1 tn Heb “the man of God.”
[13:4] 2 tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”
[13:4] 4 tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
[13:26] 5 tn Heb “and the prophet who had brought him back from the road heard.”
[13:26] 6 tn Heb “the man of God.”
[13:26] 7 tn Heb “the mouth of the
[13:26] 8 tn Heb “broke him,” or “crushed him.”
[13:26] 9 tn Heb “according to the word of the