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Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he ascended the throne, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. He too followed the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him to pursue evil practices. [a]To his own destruction he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for after his father’s death they became his advisors.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 22:4 Ahaziah aligned himself with the same crooked group that had advised his father Jehoram leading to his downfall and death.