4. तब ऐसा हुआ कि परमेश्वर के जन का यह वचन सुनकर जो उस ने बेतेल के विरूद्ध पुकार कर कहा, यारोबाम ने वेदी के पास से हाथ बढ़ाकर कहा, उसको पाड़ लो : तब उसका हाथ जो उसकी ओर बढ़ाया गया था, सूख गया और वह उसे अपनी ओर खींच न सका।
4. And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of Elohim, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, 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.