Kral Yarovam, Tanrı adamının Beytel’de sunağa karşı söylediklerini duyunca, elini ona doğru uzatarak, “Yakalayın onu!” diye buyruk verdi. Ancak Tanrı adamına uzattığı eli felç oldu ve düzelmedi.
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.