49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat , "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships ." But Jehoshaphat was not willing . 50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David , and Jehoram his son became king in his place .
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth e year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah , and he reigned two years over Israel . 52 He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who caused Israel to sin . 53 So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger , according to all that his father had done .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 22:49-53
Commentary on 1 Kings 22:41-50
(Read 1 Kings 22:41-50)
Jehoshaphat's reign appears to have been one of the best, both as to piety and prosperity. He pleased God, and God blessed him.
Commentary on 1 Kings 22:51-53
(Read 1 Kings 22:51-53)
Ahaziah's reign was very short, not two years; some sinners God makes quick work with. A very bad character is given of him; he listened not to instruction, took no warning, but followed the example of his wicked father, and the counsel of his more wicked mother, Jezebel, who was still living. Miserable are the children who not only derive a sinful nature from their parents, but are taught by them to increase it; and most unhappy parents are they, that help to damn their children's souls. Hardened sinners rush forward, unawed and unmoved, in the ways from which others before them have been driven into everlasting misery.