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- Catholic Giving - About USCCB Ahaziah. 1a Then the inhabitants
of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king to succeed
him, since all the older sons had been killed by the band that
had come into the camp with the Arabians. Thus Ahaziah, son of
Jehoram, reigned as the king of Judah. 2Ahaziah was twenty-two
years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in
Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.
3He, too, walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, because his
mother was his counselor in doing evil. 4To his own destruction,
he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of
Ahab, since they were his counselors after the death of his
father. 5He was also following their counsel when he joined
Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, in battle against Hazael,
king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead, where the Arameans wounded
Jehoram. 6He returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds that
had been inflicted on hi