^{2 Ref} Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

^{3 Ref} He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

^{4 Ref} Wherefore 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.