Painted her face – This literally means she “put her eyes in antimony,” that is, she dyed her upper and lower eyelids with it, a common prac…

And when Jehu was come. — Rather, And Jehu came—that is, after the slaughter of Ahaziah, as the Hebrew construction impli…

And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it
And of what he has done to Joram:

and she …

Instead of hiding herself, as one afraid of Divine vengeance, Jezebel mocked at fear. See how a heart, hardened against God, will brave it out to t…