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Either three years famine or....
The contradiction is quite obvious, since the former state-
ment speaks of seven years of famine while the latter statement
mentions only three years of famine referring to the same occa-
sion. The commentators of the Bible have admitted that the for-
mer statement is erroneous.
7 Contradiction No. 7
In 2 Kings 8:26 we find this statement:
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he
began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.
In contrast with the above statement we read in 2 Chr. 22:2:
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he
The contradiction is quite obvious, since the former state-
ment speaks of seven years of famine while the latter statement
mentions only three years of famine referring to the same occa-
sion. The commentators of the Bible have admitted that the for-
mer statement is erroneous.
7 Contradiction No. 7
In 2 Kings 8:26 we find this statement:
Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he
began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem.
In contrast with the above statement we read in 2 Chr. 22:2:
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he