1 Kings 21:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed [them] with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that [were] in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Ver. 8. So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal.] She was king, and he queen, as was afore noted; she wrought upon his impotencies, and did what she listed. The he-viper putteth his head into the she-viper's mouth, and she biteth it off: so the uxorious person parteth with his authority.

Unto the elders.] Who were her creatures likely, and therefore so morigerous.

1 Kings 21:8

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.