1 Kings 21:8

So she, taking the matter in her own hands and assuming an authority which was not hers, wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, which she probably coolly took from him for her purpose, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, the local magistrates, Deuteronomy 16:18, dwelling with Naboth, and therefore presumably acquainted with his whole Life.