Ahaziah Reigns over Judah

²⁵ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahazi′ah the son of Jeho′ram, king of Judah, began to reign. ²⁶ Ahazi′ah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athali′ah; she was a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. ²⁷ He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.

²⁸ He went with Joram the son of Ahab to make war against Haz′ael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, where the Syrians wounded Joram. ²⁹ And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Haz′ael king of Syria. And Ahazi′ah the son of Jeho′ram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.