2 Kings 9:2

Jehu. The Scriptural record gives no details as to Jehu’s ancestry or the city of his origin other than this statement that he was the son of Jehoshaphat. He is referred to several times in the Assyrian records. Shalmaneser III, in an annal fragment from the 18th year of his reign (generally accepted as 841 B.C.) — the same annal entry in which he mentions the defeat of Hazael — also mentions receiving tribute from Iaua mar Humri, or “Jehu son of Omri.” This inscription, when taken together with the inscription from Shalmaneser’s 6th year (see pp. 81, 159), when the Assyrian king fought Ahab at the battle of Qarqar, enables us to synchronize with Assyrian history not only the last year of Ahab’s reign but also the year of Joram’s death in Israel and the accession of Jehu.

His brethren. That is, his fellows or companions, the officers associated with him (see verse 5).

Carry him in. Literally, “cause him to enter.” The messenger was to conduct Jehu to another room, where he might commune with him in secret.

An inner chamber. Literally, “a chamber within a chamber” (see 1 Kings 20:30, and 22:25). Not necessarily a secret, but a private chamber, where the messenger could commune with Jehu alone.