1Ki 13:1-4 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now behold , there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord , while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense .

1 Kings 13:1-4

1 Now behold, there came ^aa man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the Lord, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar ^bto burn incense. 2 ^cHe cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, ^dJosiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’” 3 Then he gave a ^{▼▼ Lit wonder}sign the same day, saying, ^f“This is the ^{▼▼ Lit wonder}sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ^{▼▼ Lit ashes of fat}ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’” 4 Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.