1 Kings 13:4 meaning and explanation
Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
1 Kings 13:4, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeroboam, the first king of the northern kingdom, had set up an altar at Bethel with golden calves to keep his people from worshiping in Jerusalem. A man of God from Judah has just pronounced judgment on that altar, naming Josiah, a future Davidic king.
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