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Apologetics: 2 Kings 8.26

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Problem

2 Kings 8:26 says Ahaziah was 22 when his reign started, but 2 Chronicles 22:2 says he was 42.

Resolution

This is a copyist error. Ahaziah's actual age was 22, since he became king when his father died at age 40 (2 Chronicles 21:20).

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