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2 Kings 8:25–29, “In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.”
There is some difficulty with the names Joram and Jehoram as one name seems to be a contraction of the other. However, one was king in Judah while the other was king in Israel. Ahab, from Israel, and Jehoshaphat, from Judah, were on friendly terms and they even worked together from time to time, notably they were allies against the Syrians when Ahab was killed. Jehoram was Jehoshaphat’s son in Judah and Ahaziah was Jehoshaphat’s grandson. The alliance between Israel and Judah was so strong at that time that Jehoram married Ahab’s sister. Consequently, Ahaziah followed Ahab’s family in his religious practices and decided to ignore the true God of Heaven, the Lord God of Israel, altogether. Ahaziah and Joram went to war, as allies, against Hazael the Syrian king who had caused Elisha so much grief. Joram was wounded in the battle and Ahaziah went to visit him in Jezreel while he recuperated.
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