And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. 1 Kings 13:4.  {CC 202.1}        Jeroboam was filled with a spirit of defiance against God and attempted to restrain the one who had delivered the message. In wrath "he put forth his hand from the altar" and cried out, "Lay hold on him." His impetuous act met with swift rebuke. The hand outstretched against the messenger of Jehovah suddenly became powerless and withered, and could not be withdrawn.  {CC 202.2}        Terror-stricken, the king appealed to the prophet to intercede with God in his behalf. . . . "And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before."  {CC 202.3}       Vain had been Jeroboam's effort to invest with solemnity the dedication of a strange altar, respect for which wou ...