50 Jehoshaphat died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jehoram became king.
51 Ahaziah son of Ahab became king of Israel in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat's rule in Judah, and he ruled two years from Samaria.
52 Ahaziah disobeyed the Lord, just as his father, his mother, and Jeroboam had done. They all led Israel to sin.
53 Ahaziah worshipped Baal and made the Lord God of Israel very angry, just as his father had done.