Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The prophet had not long to wait before learning the intentions of the queen. A priest' s daughter herself, she would avenge the slaughtered priests; a king' s wife and a king' s child, she would not quail before a subject. That very night a messenger declared her determination to compass the prophet' s death within the space of a day.
So let the gods ... - A common oath about this time (marginal references). The Greek Version prefixes to this another clause, which makes the oath even more forcible, "As surely as thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, so let the gods," etc.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 19:2:
1 Kings 21:20
1 Kings 21:25
Amos 2:12
Romans 11:3
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