Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. The altar also was split apart and the [a]ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the [b]sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. The king said to the man of God, “Please [c](A)entreat the Lord your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So (B)the man of God [d]entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 13:5 Lit ashes of fat
  2. 1 Kings 13:5 Lit wonder
  3. 1 Kings 13:6 Lit soften the face of
  4. 1 Kings 13:6 Lit softened the face of