24. Jehoram died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem. His son Ahaziah then became king.
25. Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah in the twelfth year of Joram's rule in Israel.
26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he ruled from Jerusalem for only one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27. Since Ahaziah was related to Ahab's family, he acted just like them and disobeyed the Lord by doing wrong.
28. Ahaziah went with King Joram of Israel to attack King Hazael and the Syrian troops at Ramoth in Gilead. Joram was wounded in that battle,
29. so he went to the town of Jezreel to recover. Ahaziah went there to visit him.