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^(C1)In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign.

^(C1)Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel.

^(C1)He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against ^(C1)Hazael king of Aram at ^(C2)Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans ^(F1)wounded Joram.

So ^(C1)King Joram returned to have himself healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had ^(F1)inflicted on him at ^(C2)Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then ^(C3)Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick.