King James Bible Believer (KJBB)

Who Was Ahaziah?

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1. A king of Judah, in the line from David to Christ.

2. His grandfather was the righteous Jehoshaphat.

3. His father was the wicked Jehoram, or Joram.

4. His mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, who later killed her children (II Kgs 11:1).

5. His maternal great grandfather was Omri of Israel.

6. He was a momma's boy, following Athaliah's advice.

7. Jehu killed him along with Israel's king, Jehoram.

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How Old Was Ahaziah When He Became King?

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"Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel." 

II Kings 8:26

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"Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri." 

II Chronicles 22:2

 

 

What Do Modern Versions Do with this "Contradiction"?

They come to the Bible with the arrogant intention of helping God rewrite the Scriptures, especially if they can have their names published with it. Puffed up with worldly learning and flattering titles, they presume they can help the Most High write the Bible better. This is the standard objective of most seminary training.
They fill their bellies with commentators, seminary professors, and textual critics, who reject faith in God, His promises, and His providence. They submit to their learned masters, who explain that a scribe made an error in copying the number "22" in II Chronicles 22:2, which later copyists mistook for 42. The Bible has an error, and their eyes brighten with the prospect of correcting it.
They reject the Hebrew of their sacred "original" and boldly mistranslate the verse to make it match their profane concept of God's word. Most admit in a footnote that their inspired Hebrew plainly states "42." But though they claim the court of final resort is the original language, they impudently alter the Hebrew text.

What do we "Bible believers do?

We humbly trust God over any or all men; We believe both ages are correct; and their eyes brighten at discovering God's wisdom hidden from scholars.
We reject any questioning or criticizing of God's word; We study the Bible instead of commentators; We rightly divide the word of truth (II Tim 2:15). 
We find that Ahaziah could not have been 42 years old biologically, because his father was only 40 years old when Ahaziah became king (II Chron 21:20). 
We know a father of 18 is realistic (40 compared to 22). We know a son being born two years earlier than his father is not (40 compared to 42). 
We know Ahaziah was 22 years old biologically when he became king. We know God must be revealing a secret about Ahaziah by the use of 42 in II Chronicles 22:2. 

We study the Bible instead of textual critics.
We learn Ahaziah came from Jehoram, a king of Judah, and Athaliah, daughter of Ahab and Jezebel (II Kgs 8:18). We know God drowned the earth for such marriages (Gen 6:1-7). And we learn God clearly hated this marriage (II Chron 18:1; 19:1-3). 
We learn Ahab and Omri were the two most wicked kings to date among the kings of Israel and were utterly abominable (I Kings 16:25,30-33; 21:25-26). 
We learn Ahaziah followed Ahab and Omri more than David, for his wicked mother was his counselor (II Kings 8:27; II Chron 22:3-9). And so God had Jehu kill Ahaziah, when he was cutting off the house of Ahab (II Kgs 9:7-9; II Chr 22:7-9). 
We remember that God promised to visit the iniquities of fathers and mothers to the children of the third and fourth generations and to blot out their names from remembrance (Ex 20:5; 34:7; Num 14:18; Ps 69:28; 109:13-15: Jer 32:18; Ezek 13:9).

 

We study the Bible instead of fawning over Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," and again, we rightly divide the word of truth (II Tim 2:15). 
We find that Ahaziah, his son Joash, and his son Amaziah, were cut out of the lineage of the kings of Judah leading to Jesus Christ (Matt 1:8), which points out another "contradiction" that scholars choke on. 

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We realize God did not consider Ahaziah a proper king of Judah, but an imposter from Ahab's line, for the Lord eliminated him and the next two generations from Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ (Matt 1:8). 
God hated Omri and Ahab and the wicked affinity that began with Jehoshaphat (II Chron 18:1). Because there were good things in Jehoshaphat, God punished the profane grandson and his sons (II Chron 19:1-3).

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How Was Ahaziah 42?

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Ahaziah, a king of Judah, was 42 years old in the kingdom of Omri and Ahab, wicked kings of Israel, his maternal family, though only 22 years old biologically.

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Was It a Contradiction?

1. No! It was how God told Bible believers He counted Ahaziah among the wicked kings of Israel, and not among the kings of Judah, so they would know why Jehu killed him when cutting off the house of Ahab (II Chron 22:7).
2. No! It was how God told Bible believers He counted Ahaziah among the wicked kings of Israel, and not among the kings of Judah, so they would know why He removed Ahaziah, his son, and his grandson from the lineage of Jesus Christ (Matt 1:8). 
3. No! It was to test whether men believe God and his word or the "research" of textual critics, commentators, and seminary professors. As Jesus gloriously thanked His Father, God has hid such things from the wise and prudent and revealed them unto babes (Matt 11:25-26). 
4. No! It was how God showed any Bible with "22" in II Chronicles 22:2 is not His word. He exposed the liars that worship the "originals" but change them whenever they wish! And He exposed any preacher or commentator by their submission or rebellion to II Timothy 2:15.

Does the Bible Count Years from other Political Events?
 

1. Yes! Did Baasha, king of Israel, fight against Asa, king of Judah, 10 years after he was already dead? 

"So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead…. In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years." 

I Kings 16:6-8

 

"In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah." 

II Chronicles 16:1

 

2. Asa's reign is counted from the divided kingdom, when Rehoboam lost ten tribes to Jeroboam. Baasha came up against Asa in the 36th year of the kingdom of Judah.

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Does the Bible Count Years from other Political Events?

1. Yes! Jehoiachin was a notable king of Judah taken captive to Babylon (Matt 1:11-12). To identify this great epoch, his reign is measured from Nebuchadnezzar. 
"Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem." 
II Kings 24:8
"Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD." 
II Chronicles 36:9
2. Jehoiachin was taken captive in Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year (II Kgs 24:12), an important epoch in Israel's history. Jehoiachin's person and reign were quite inferior in importance to Nebuchadnezzar and his reign. 
3. Furthermore, it was the eighth year since the first raid on Jerusalem, when Nebuchadnezzar put down Jehoiachin's father, Jehoiakim. It was common to date events from captivities like this (Ezek 1:2; 8:1; 20:1)

 

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In the End! 

1. You may trust every word in your Bible, if you are using the King James Version. 
2. As Jesus and Paul argued from single words, you may have the same confidence in the King James Version (Matt 22:32,43; John 8:58; 10:35; Gal 3:16; 4:9; Heb 8:13; 12:27). 
3. What looks like a contradiction in the KJV is a trap set by God to confuse and shame men who would rather question and criticize God's word than believe and study it. Enjoy solving it without a PhD or ThD! 
4. Paul gave a ministerial secret to Timothy about studying the Bible in II Timothy 2:15. It must be divided in many places to avoid failure and shame, which we just put into practice studying Ahaziah. 
5. Modern versions even alter this verse to lose Paul's wise advice, because "handling" is not "dividing." 
6. A little time spent in God's word will make you wiser than your enemies, your teachers, and the ancients (Ps 119:98-100). Believe it!