16:1 came to Jehu. This Jehu should not be confused with a later Jehu, who became Israel’s king (II Kings 9:2,3) after Ahab and his sons.

16:1 Hanani. Hanani, the father of Jehu, had been a prophet who once rebuked king Asa of Judah and suffered imprisonment because of it (II Chronicles 16:7-10). Jehu, his son, was better received by Asa’s son, Jehoshaphat (II Chronicles (19:1-4).