Either hoping that by her majestic dress and carriage she might strike Jehu or his followers with such an awe, that they should not offer any injury to her person; or rather, because perceiving her case to be desperate, and that she could not live, was resolved to die with honour and gallantry.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 9:30
2 Kings 9:30
30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she paintedg her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.