Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 13:4

4 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cryed 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.

To point out the Man whom he would have the People lay hands on, and to stir them up to do so.

Where it was imployed, in offering something upon it.

Or, withered, the Muscles and Sinews, the instruments of Motion, were shrunk up. This God did, partly to chastise Ieroboam for offering violence to the Lord's Prophet: partly, to secure the Prophet against further Violence: and partly, that in this Example God might shew, how highly he resents the injuries done to his Ministers, in, and for the faithful discharge of their Office.