The house of Ahab thy master. — Not Ahab thy master, but the house of Ahab thy lords. The LXX. adds, from before me.
The blood of my servants the prophets. — See 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 18:13.
The blood of all the servants of the Lord. — We are not told elsewhere, but the thing is in itself probable, that Jezebel persecuted to the death those who clung to the exclusive worship of Jehovah.
At the hand of Jezebel. — Comp. Genesis 9:5. Jezebel (Heb., ’Izèbel) means immaculata — i.e., virgo. Is it the original of Isabel, Isabella, Isbel?