Nimshi

[1] The Hebrew word ben (בֶּן‎) can mean both a literal "son", or a male descendant.

[1] Another possibility is that "son of Jehoshaphat" was a later addition, in which case Nimshi would be the father of Jehu.

[1] References to the name Nimshi have been discovered in 9th century BCE inscriptions from Tel Rehov and other archaeological sites.

Thus, archaeologists Shmuel Aḥituv and Amihai Mazar have suggested that a clan named after Nimshi may have been a prominent elite family in the Beth Shean Valley region when Jehu, a member of that clan, rose to the throne of Israel.

Jehu's father, Jehoshaphat, would consequently be a first cousin to Ahab's children: Ahaziah of Israel, Jehoram of Israel, and Athaliah, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Judah.