In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. ] He is called Jehoahaz, and said to be the youngest son of Jehoram, ( 2 Chronicles 21:17 ) .
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The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place.
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In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.
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Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.
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He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD , like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.