1 Kings 13:4

Put forth, &c. — To point out the man whom he would have the people lay hands on. The altar — Where it was employed in offering something upon it. Dried up — Or, withered, the muscles and sinews, the instruments of motion, shrunk up. This God did, to chastise Jeroboam for offering violence to the Lord's prophet: to secure the prophet against farther violence: and, that in this example God might shew, how highly he resents the injuries done to his ministers, for the faithful discharge of their office.