Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 22:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 22:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of the book, Josiah was a very young boy, just eight years old, when he became the king and was in charge for a long time in a city called Jerusalem. His mom's name was Jedidah, and she was from a place called Boscath.
2 Kings 22:1: Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 34:1
This verse states that Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, which agrees with 2 Kings 22:1 and therefore does not provide a contradiction.
2 Chronicles 34:1: Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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