21. So Jehoram went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them under cover of darkness. But Jehoram’s army deserted him and fled to their homes.
22. So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time.
23. The rest of the events in Jehoram’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
24. When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah became the next king.
25. Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.
26. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27. Ahaziah followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family. He did what was evil in the lord’s sight, just as Ahab’s family had done, for he was related by marriage to the family of Ahab.
28. Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded King Joram in the battle,