Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 22:51

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 22:51 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 22:51. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, when Jehoshaphat, a good king, died, he was buried with his family, and then his son Jehoram became the new king. This means that when one king leaves, another from the family takes his place.

1 Kings 22:51: And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 20:31

This verse states that Jehoshaphat began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, while 1 Kings 22:51 states Ahaziah began to reign over Israel in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 20:31: And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: [he was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

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