2 Chronicles 22:2

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.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 22:10 shows Athaliah's later murder of the royal family — she is introduced here as Ahaziah's mother, then acts after his death.

2 Chronicles 21:6 explains that Jehoram married Ahab's daughter (Athaliah), the mother named in 22:2.

2 Chronicles 18:1 describes Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahab — this led to the marriage that produced Athaliah, Ahaziah's mother.

2 Kings 8:26 says Ahaziah was 22, not 42 — a direct textual parallel with a significant age discrepancy.

2 Kings 9:29 provides the synchronism of Ahaziah's accession, paralleling the same event from a different book.