Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 21:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 21:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of the book of 2 Chronicles, Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled in the city of Jerusalem for eight years. This helps us know how long he was in charge and how old he was when he started.
2 Chronicles 21:5: Jehoram [was] thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 22:2
It contradicts 2 Chronicles 21:5 regarding the age of Ahaziah when he began to reign, saying he was forty-two years old instead of thirty-two.
2 Chronicles 22:2: 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.
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