1 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the elder sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah reigned.
2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old {another text: twenty-two} when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
4 Therefore, he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counsellors, after the death of his father, to his destruction.