“When the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him!” His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.”

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.