1. Earlier, when the Arabs led a raid against Judah, they killed all of Jehoram's sons, except Ahaziah, the youngest one. So the people of Jerusalem crowned him their king.
2. He was twenty-two years old at the time, and he ruled only one year from Jerusalem.Ahaziah's mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel,
3. and she encouraged her son to sin against the Lord. He followed the evil example of King Ahab and his descendants.
4. In fact, after his father's death, Ahaziah sinned against the Lord by appointing some of Ahab's relatives to be his advisers.Their advice led to his downfall.