Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of
Judah
At the above place; these were the sons of his brethren, called
his brethren, as Lot was called Abraham's brother, being his
brother's son; for as for his brethren, they had been slain by
the Arabians before he was made king, ( 2 Chronicles
22:1 2 Chronicles
22:8 ) ,
and said, who are ye?
though perhaps he knew who they were:
and they answered, we are the brethren of
Ahaziah;
the sons of his brethren:
and we go down to salute the children of the king, and the
children of
the queen;
meaning either the children of Ahab and Jezebel, or of Joram and
his queen; for they knew nothing of the death of Joram and
Jezebel, and the revolution made in the kingdom, and therefore
with great simplicity tell who they were, and where they were
going, and on what account.