2 Chronicles 22:7 - Exposition

He went out with Jehoram against Jehu . The "against" is the simple preposition אֶל , and need intend nothing more than "to meet" Jehu; not to meet him hostilely. What the manner of the meeting was, however, we know from 2 Kings 9:21 , 2 Kings 9:22 , 2 Kings 9:27 , 2 Kings 9:28 . The history of this and following two verses is here given very briefly; much must be filled in to give its full explanation, as in 2 Kings 9:11-29 . Whom the Lord had anointed to out off the house of Ahab ; i.e. had raised him to the throne, possessed of the characteristic qualities which he had for this purpose ( 2 Kings 9:1-7 ; 1 Kings 19:16 ). Jehu the son of Nimshi . Strictly, "the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi" ( 2 Kings 9:2 ).