The meaning is, “Are you king, and yet allow yourself to be thwarted in this way by a mere subject? I, the queen, the weak woman, will give you the…

Dost thou now. —Jezebel's scorn is, like Lady Macbeth's impatience, expressed in a striking boldness of emphasis. First c…

And Jezebel his wife said to him, do you now govern the
kingdom of Israel ?
&c.] Are …

When, instead of a suitable helper, a man has an agent for Satan in the form of an artful, unprincipled, yet beloved wife, fatal effects may be exp…