2 Chronicles 22:1–6

JUDAH’S KING AHAZIAH

22Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, because the troops that had come with the Arabs^x to the camp had killed all the older sons.^D So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. ²Ahaziah^y was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, granddaughter^F of Omri.

³He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice. ⁴So he did what was evil in the Lord’s sight like the house of Ahab, for they were his advisers after the death of his father, to his destruction. ⁵He also followed their advice and went with Joram^G son of Israel’s King Ahab to fight against King Hazael of Aram, in Ramoth-gilead. The Arameans^H wounded Joram, ⁶so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they inflicted on him in Ramoth-gilead^I when he fought against King Hazael of Aram. Then Judah’s King Ahaziah^J son of Jehoram went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab since Joram was ill.