Ahaziah Reigns in Judah

2 Kings 8

²⁵ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, began to reign. ²⁶ Ahaziah was _z twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri, king of Israel. ²⁷ _a And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

²⁸ Now he went _b with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at _c Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. ²⁹ Then _d King Joram went back to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at ₁ Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. _e And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.

1. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 22:2
   Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 22:3
   He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother advised him to do wickedly.
   2 Chronicles 22:4
   Therefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab; for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 22:5
   He also followed their advice, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth Gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Kings 22:3
   And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, but we hesitate to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
   1 Kings 22:29
   So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Kings 9:15
   But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, "If you are so minded, let no one leave or escape from the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Kings 9:16
   So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was laid up there; and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.
   2 Chronicles 22:6
   Then he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
   2 Chronicles 22:7
   His going to Joram was God's occasion for Ahaziah's downfall; for when he arrived, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
   

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