Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 27:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 27:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 27:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, a young king started ruling when he was 25 years old and he was in charge for 16 years in the city of Jerusalem. This means he worked as king until he was 41 years old.

2 Chronicles 27:8: He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 16:2

It states that Ahaz, son of Jotham, began to reign when he was twenty years old, which could imply a discrepancy if considering the timelines of their rules and if they cover overlapping periods, but does not directly contradict Jotham's age or reign.

2 Kings 16:2: Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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