49. At one time Ahaziah son of Ahab had proposed to Jehoshaphat, “Let my men sail with your men in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat refused the request.
50. When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Jehoram became the next king.
51. Ahaziah son of Ahab began to rule over Israel in the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years.
52. But he did what was evil in the lord’s sight, following the example of his father and mother and the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel to sin.
53. He served Baal and worshiped him, provoking the anger of the lord, the God of Israel, just as his father had done.