How long did Jotham reign? View all View original

This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

Verses

At least 20 years.

2 Kings 15:30 View context

And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

16 years.

2 Kings15:32-33 View context

In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.