Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 20:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 20:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 20:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, Jehoshaphat became king when he was 35 years old and was the leader for 25 years in a place called Jerusalem. His mom was named Azubah, and she was the daughter of Shilhi.

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.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 22:42

This verse states that Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, which aligns with 2 Chronicles 20:31, but there is no direct contradiction here.

1 Kings 22:42: Jehoshaphat [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.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 8:16

This verse notes that Jehoram began to reign during Jehoshaphat's reign, potentially contradicting the peaceful transition suggested in 2 Chronicles 20:31.

2 Kings 8:16: And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat [being] then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. [began...: Heb. reigned]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 21:4

Describes Jehoram, Jehoshaphat's son, as killing all his brothers, contradicting the idea of a peaceful kingdom passed down as inferred by 2 Chronicles 20:31.

2 Chronicles 21:4: Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and [divers] also of the princes of Israel.
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