2 Kings 9:5 - Exposition

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting —either "sitting in council," or, at any rate, collected together in one place, not engaged in any active work, but seated— and he said, I have an errand— literally, a word — to thee, O captain. Probably he knew Jehu by sight, and looked at him as he spoke; but, as he addressed no one by name, there might be a doubt who was intended. Jehu, therefore, causes the doubt to be resolved by his question. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said — i.e; the young man the prophet answered— To thee, O captain. Jehu was thus singled out as the object of the message—the person to whom alone it was addressed, and whose special attention was, consequently, required to it.