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1 Kings 13:4
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4 When the king heard the prophet’s message that he had cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam took his hand from the altar and pointed it[a] saying, “Seize him!” Then the hand that he had pointed at him stiffened up,[b] and he could not pull it back.

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  1. 1 Kings 13:4 tn Heb “extended his hand from the altar.”
  2. 1 Kings 13:4 tn Heb The verb יָבֵשׁ (yavesh) usually describes water sources as dry or plants as dry and withered. Applied to a hand or an arm (Zech 11:17), it probably means to be(come) stiff, feeble, or both. TEV and NLT interpret this as “became paralyzed.”
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