... > Bible > Old Testament > the divided kingdom: story of the Southern Kingdom (Judah) > story of the kings and kingdom of Judah (part I) > story of Jehoram (Joram), son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah (2 Kings 8:16-24; 2 Chronicles 21) > Jehoram becomes king of Judah > Jehoram marries Athalia, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel of Israel, and allows the Judaean people to worship idols