耶罗波安王听见神人向伯特利的坛所呼叫的话,就从坛上伸手,说:「拿住他吧!」王向神人所伸的手就枯干了,不能弯回;
And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Beth–el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.