How old was Ahaziah when he began to reign? View all View original

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

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22 years old

2 Kings 8:26 View context

Two and twenty years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

42 years old

2 Chronicles 22:2 View context

Forty and two years old [was] Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Athaliah the daughter of Omri.