Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 27:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 27:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 27:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, Jotham was a young man of 25 when he started to be king, and he was king for 16 years in a place called Jerusalem. His mom's name was Jerushah, and her dad was Zadok.

2 Chronicles 27:1: Jotham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also [was] Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

Paradox #1

In 2 Chronicles 27:1, the age and reign of Jotham might conflict with other parts of Scripture where different ages or lengths of reign are given for the same king. These inconsistencies can sometimes be due to differences in how years were calculated or recorded by different authors or scribes. If you look at 2 Kings 15:33, it should match, but any discrepancy might arise from textual transmission over time.

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