1 Raja-raja 13:4

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.

1 Raja-raja 13:6

13:6 The king pled with ⁵  the prophet, ⁶  “Seek the favor of ⁷  the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored.” So the prophet sought the Lord’s favor ⁸  and the king’s hand was restored to its former condition. ⁹ 

[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.”

[13:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).

[13:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “appease the face of.”

[13:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “appeased the face of the Lord.”

[13:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”