And as... she said. — And Jehu had come into the gate, and she said.
Had Zimri... master? — Rather, Art well (literally, Is it peace), thou Zimri, his master’s murderer? The “Is it peace?” which Jezebel addresses to Jehu, appears to be an ironical greeting. Thenius explains: “Is there to be peace or war between me and thee, the rebel?” referring to the same phrase in 2 Kings 9:17-19; 2 Kings 9:22, supra. The phrase is vague enough to admit of many meanings, according to circumstances. Perhaps Jezebel, in her mood of desperate defiance, repeats the question which Jehoram had thrice asked of Jehu, as a hint that she herself is now the sovereign to whom Jehu owes an account of his doings. She goes on to call him a second Zimri — i.e., a regicide like him who slew Baasha, and likely to enjoy as brief a reign as he. (See 1 Kings 16:15-18.)