1 Kings 13:4

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It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Bethel was a major Israelite sanctuary about ten miles north of Jerusalem, where Jeroboam established a rival calf cult; it is the immediate setting of the king’s confrontation with the prophet. Samaria, though later Israel’s capital, is not mentioned in 1 Kings 13:4 and was not yet founded.

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1 Kings 13:4 mentions Bethel and Samaria.