John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 21:11
And the men of the city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them ,.... That Jezebel should contrive so execrable a scheme, and that there should be such sons of Belial among the common people to swear to such falsehoods, need not seem strange; but that the elders and nobles of the city, the chief magistrates thereof, should be so sadly and universally depraved as to execute such a piece of villany, is really surprising. Idolatry,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 21:5-16
Nothing but mischief is to be expected when Jezebel enters into the story?that cursed woman, 2 Kgs. 9:34. I. Under pretence of comforting her afflicted husband, she feeds his pride and passion, and blows the coals of his corruptions. It became her to take notice of his grief and to enquire into the cause of it, 1 Kgs. 21:5. Those have forgotten both the duty and affection of the conjugal relation that interest not themselves in each other's troubles. He told her what troubled him (1 Kgs.... read more