Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
Ver. 4. Wherefore he did evil.] See 2 Kings 8:27, where he is said to be the son-in-law to the house of Ahab. So that what by his mother's command, and what by his wife's importunity, he was utterly marred.