1 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made ^aAhaziah his youngest son king in his place, for the raiders who came with the ^bArabians into the camp had killed all the ^colder sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, reigned.  ‡

2 Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^aAthaliah the granddaughter of Omri.  ‡