Joram

Joram is cited as one of the two kings Jehu has already killed, establishing the scope of the coup that sets the chapter's opening stakes.

Joram is Ahab's son and king of Israel, now fighting alongside his relative Ahaziah of Judah against Hazael's Syria at Ramoth-gilead — a battle that will wound him and set up his assassination in the next chapter.

Joram is named here as the king Jehu's officers had been serving — and whose authority they abandon instantly the moment Jehu reveals his anointing, revealing how thin their loyalty was.

Joram appears here as a link in the Mosaic lineage chain — son of Jeshaiah, father of Zichri — part of the priestly pedigree establishing Shelomoth's credentials as treasury chief.

Joram is the wounded king of Israel whose injury draws Ahaziah to Jezreel on what appears to be a courtesy visit — but which God has ordained as the occasion of Ahaziah's downfall.