1 Kings 13:4-5

13:4 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. 13:5 The altar split open and the ashes ⁵  fell from the altar to the ground, ⁶  in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord’s authority. ⁷ 

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “Jeroboam extended his hand from the altar.”

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “dried up” or “withered.” TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”

[13:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “the fat.” Reference is made to burnt wood mixed with fat. See HALOT 234 s.v. דשׁן.

[13:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “were poured out from the altar.”

[13:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.”