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Ahaziah [a] was 42 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. Ahaziah also followed the ways of Ahab’s family, because his mother gave him advice that led him to sin. He did what the Lord considered evil, as Ahab’s family had done. After his father died, they advised him to do what Ahab’s family had done. They did this to destroy him.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:2 In the Masoretic Text this king of Judah is also called Jehoahaz, an alternate form of Ahaziah.

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