brethren. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part) for near relatives. Compare 2 Chronicles 22:8, where we have "sons of the brethren".
children. sons.
the king. Joram.
the queen. Jezebel, the queen-mother.
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2 Kings 10:13
13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salutee the children of the king and the children of the queen.