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NASB | 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. |
Bible Question:
I am interested to know what are some opinions on the apparent discrepancy with this verse and 2 Chronicles 22:2. Here in Kings it says that Ahaziah was 22 years old. But in Chronicles is says that he was 42. Any ideas? Some enemies of the truth are asking. STUDENT 7300 |
Bible Answer: I'm not sure if this is going to be conclusive but it's all I can find at the moment with the limited resources I have. Hope it helps. 2 Chronicles 22 Ahaziah King of Judah 1 The people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, Jehoram's youngest son, king in his place, since the raiders, who came with the Arabs into the camp, had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 2 Ahaziah was twenty-two [1] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. 3 He too walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong. Footnotes 22:2 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 8:26); Hebrew forty-two I'm inferring that the "Hebrew forty-two" must be in reference to some special way of counting a person's age in the Hebrew culture. I don't really think this would qualify as a contradiction for which your "enemies of the truth" are looking. God bless. --Rowdy |
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