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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.

Ahaziah even followed their advice when he made an alliance with Jehoram, the son of King Ahab of Israel, to make war against King Hazael of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead. In that conflict Jehoram was wounded by the Arameans.

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Footnotes

  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.