His mother was his counsellor - Athaliah, the wicked daughter of a wicked parent, and the wicked spouse of an unprincipled king.
3. Ways of the house of Ahab. Compare Chron. 21:6, 13; Micah 6:16.
His counsellor. This item is not found in Kings. Athaliah was a forceful woman, much like her mother Jezebel, and would naturally do much to introduce the worship of Baal into the southern kingdom (see on 2 Kings 11:18).