John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 9:30
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ,.... And of what he had done to Joram: and she painted her face ; or put "stibium" on her eyes; a sort of paint, to make them look beautiful perhaps the same with powder of lead ore, the Moors now use to tinge their eyebrows with, and make them look black, which they reckon graceful; see Gill on Ezekiel 23:40 , this custom now obtains among the white Indians, who, to heighten the lustre of their complexion, and render their eyes... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 9:30-37
The greatest delinquent in the house of Ahab was Jezebel: it was she that introduced Baal, slew the Lord's prophets, contrived the murder of Naboth, stirred up her husband first, and then her sons, to do wickedly; a cursed woman she is here called (2 Kgs. 9:34), a curse to the country, and whom all that wished well to their country had a curse for. Three reigns her reign had lasted, but now, at length, her day had come to fall. We read of a false prophetess in the church of Thyatira that is... read more