Jeroham however, unlike his father, walked after the kings of Israel, doing evil in the eyes of the Lord. when Azariah began to rule Judah. Ahab 22 years 1 kings 16- 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. Our earliest copy of the Septuagint is from the AD 300s.7 The Syriac version was probably done in the first century AD because of the rapid growth of the church in Antioch as recorded in the book of Acts. However, Rashi says that this 29 years includes the 15 years that he spent in Lachish. Without them, it reads “a son of 42 years.” Dr. Jones states: Although this seems to answer this alleged contradiction, many are not entirely convinced. CHAPTER 14. More recently, chronologist Dr. Floyd Jones expands on Gill’s fifth explanation in Chronology of the Old Testament in much more detail.2 This is a respectable position and is one of the two possibilities put forth by most scholars. "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with … learn more >>, Romans 12:1 "Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of … learn more >>, Copyright © 2021 First Baptist Church Spur Texas, https://fbcspur.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/051-Azariah-The-King-Who-Accompished-Nothing-2-Kings-15-1-7.mp3. He was also inspired and guided by Zechariah, a prophet, who helped him during the onset of his reign. The total we get is…….yes its no real surprise ….42. King Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for 52 years in Judah from approximately 790 to 739 BC. And that is EXACTLY what we are going to do with the God inspired texts. 17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. Found inside – Page 51421And all the people of Judah took Azariah,a who was sixteen years old, ... 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fiftytwo years in ... Dr. Jones makes the case that 42 should remain in 2 Chronicles 22:2. His mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. According to Thiele's chronology, when Asa became very ill, he made Jehoshaphat coregent. So King Azariah would have been 68 years old when he died. 1 Kings 16- 16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. Found inside – Page 18621All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, ... sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. By this reasoning, this would mean the alleged contradiction could still exist. In 7 instances, He sides with the LXX over the MT. has been passed down. Obed's name is mentioned only in four genealogies, in Ruth, 1 Chronicles, Matthew, and Luke. The total we get is…….yes its no real surprise ….42. The point is that copies and translations are not inerrant (this is different from preservation). King Jotham: He was 25 years old when he took the throne and he ruled Judah for 16 years. Found inside – Page 1321In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, Azariah, son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, ... Found inside – Page 433The people then declared his son Azariah king , who was then sixteen years old . ... N as king of Judah ; and that he became king at sixteen years of age . Privacy Policy and 1 Kings 16-15 And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. Found inside – Page 595In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king ofJudah, became king. 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, ... Obviously at face value these verses give two completely different ages. His mother's name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. [ 2 Chronicles:26:1-23 [1] Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe it is a bulla of Azariah from Old Testament. Mykytiuk (library science, Purdue U.) has developed an identification system to compare and verify names in the Hebrew Bible with those in Northwest Semitic inscriptions. [3] Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty . Omri, Athaliah's grandfather, became king in around 885 BC. 3 He did right in the sight of the . In 12 instances, Jesus’s quotes differ from both the LXX and the MT. Others, such Stephanus, Beza, and the Elzevir brothers, further edited Erasmus’s TR for subsequent printings. His reign is dated between 913-910 BC to 873-869 BCE. May 24, 1996. We must note here that daughter is in reference to physical lineage of Omri as Athaliah was actually his granddaughter and not literal daughter. 10:30am – Morning Worship His reign was "the most prosperous excepting that of Jehoshaphat since the time of Solomon.". 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. Found inside – Page clxxxvAzariah. 15. In the twenty-seventh year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Azariah † son of Amaziah became king of Judah.2 He was sixteen years old when he became ... 2Ki 15:1 -. 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. 1. The princes had been destroyed by the Syrians toward the close of his grandfather Joash's reign (2 Chronicles 24:23, leaving the people a free hand." b. v. 36 [A. V. vi. > Second Kings 24:8 declares, "Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign," while 2 Chronicles 36:9 says, "Jehoiachin was 8 years old when he began to reign." Skeptics and critics are quick to use this apparent contradiction as clear evid. What if we look for a meaning to this apparent contradiction from the BIBLE itself. The reason that the age of the line of Omri’s reign over Israel is specifically noted with Ahaziah is because Ahaziah was the last king of this lineage in Israel. Regardless, all of these texts underwent some copyist mistakes as they simply do not agree exactly with each other. Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles does not give us the physical age of Ahaziah but his age in the lineage of the reign of Omri. His mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. The Northern kingdom itself was now divided into two and had 2 kings, Omri and Tibni. For a more detailed history of the Bible in English please see Donald Brake. The name Azariah (עֲזַרְיָ֖ה) was famous in ancient Judah, for king Azariah, also spelled Uzziah, had served 52 years as a godly king. Azariah was the son of Amaziah and Jecoliah, a woman from Jerusalem. 1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 23In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. Azariah King of Judah. Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, doing worse than all that were before him. This was a copyist error which changed the original 22 in. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. If 42 is to be interpreted as the beginning of the dynasty of Omri in 2 Chronicles, then why is 22 in 2 Kings 8 not also referring to the beginning of the dynasty of Omri? In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign. it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died. It was found in Jerusalem during an archaeological dig in 1982 and is currently located in the Israel Museum. (New revised edition) Considered the classic and comprehensive work in reckoning the accession of kings, calendars, and coregencies based upon the Old Testament text and other extra-biblical sources. Jesus quoted from the Old Testament about 64 times in the Gospels. Asa ( Hebrew, "healer") (r. 956-914 BC by Ussher, or 910-872 BC by Thiele) was the third king of the Southern Kingdom and son and successor of Abijam. Jehoram reigned for 8 years before he died, which would make Jehoram 40 years old at his death. He was one of the greatest kings of Judah, reigning for 52 years, from ca. (32-36) A summary of the reign of Jotham. Douglas Kutilek, “Westcott and Hort vs. Textus Receptus: Which is Superior?" 2 Chronicles 20- 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. “Some refer this to Jehoram, that he was forty two when Ahaziah began to reign, but he was but forty when he died; “others to the age of Athaliah his mother, as if he was the son of one that was forty two, when he himself was but twenty two; but no instance is given of any such way of writing, nor any just reason for it; “others make these forty two years reach to the twentieth of his son Joash, his age twenty two, his reign one, Athaliah six, and Joash thirteen; “the one, that he was twenty two when he began to reign in his father’s lifetime, and forty two when he began to reign in his own right; but then he must reign twenty years with his father, whereas his father reigned but eight years: to make this clear they observe, as Kimchi and Abarbinel, from whom this solution is taken, that he reigned eight years very happily when his son was twenty two, and taken on the throne with him, after which he reigned twenty more ingloriously, and died, when his son was forty two; this has been greedily received by many, but without any proof; “that these forty two years are not the date of the age of Ahaziah, but of the reign of the family of Omri king of Israel; so the Jewish chronology; but how impertinent must the use of such a date be in the account of the reign of a king of Judah? This is why scholars such as Dr. Gill lean toward a copyist mistake. Found inside – Page 54521All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, ... 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in ... Ahaziah, s on of Jehoram and Athaliah and listed as king of Judah for one year (c. 906 B.C.E.). 1 Kings 16- 25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. Ahaziah’s true age when he became king of Judah is easy to discern by further research. 1 3 Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and valuable . Found inside19They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish, but they ... 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem ... One preserved inerrant copy of a copy of a copy (etc.) (New revised edition) Considered the classic and comprehensive work in reckoning the accession of kings, calendars, and coregencies based upon the Old Testament text and other extra-biblical sources. Your newsletter signup did not work out. NIV. 1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam [II] king of Israel, Azariah (Uzziah) the son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. We know for certain that as of about AD 900, the Masoretes have it spelled out (e.g., “two and forty” or “two and twenty”). Found inside – Page 404His son Zechariah became king in his place. JuDah's kinG azariah ... Isson raof Amaziah became king of Judah.2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, ... He was 25 years old and was a king for 16 years. Jeroboam as King 26 And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 3He did right in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with all that his father Amaziah . The Syriac version (common to Eastern churches) and Arabic version each have 22. Also, it stresses the need to handle the copies and translations of the Word of God with great care and reverence. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. Knapp suggests that Azariah became king in an unusual manner: "He seems to have come by the throne, not in the way of ordinary succession, but by the direct choice of the people. Found inside – Page 5317 And Azariah sleptwith his fathers, and they buried him with hisfathers in ... 2 He was asixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two ... Found inside – Page 42321And all the people of Judah took Azariah,a who was sixteen years old, ... 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fiftytwo years in ... Regardless, either explanation (42 being the beginning of Ahaziah’s kingly family line or a copyist mistake) reduces this alleged discrepancy to nothing and neither harm the integrity of the original inerrant Bible manuscripts. His mother's name was Jecoliah. Ahab, the son of Omri reigned over the house of Israel for 22 years. But again this lineage is important to understand the meaning of Ahaziah’s recorded age in 2 Chronicles, Omri was the king of the northern tribes of Israel. But as far as we know, no modern translation primarily uses the Westcott and Hort text except the poorly translated New World Translation.15. uh and she was from Jerusalem. So we see that Omri reigned for 12 years of which 6 years were as the king over all of the house of Israel. Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. 1 Kings 16- 21 When were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. The copyist knew exactly what was meant to be there. 15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariaha s son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. Before we assume the MT, let’s see what Jesus quoted from. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. God has preserved His Word in a variety of copies and has warned against changing His Word. The copyist knew exactly what was meant to be there. Athaliah could have been old enough to have a son close in age to her husband Jehoram. and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. We are given the age of Jehoram ("thirty and two years old") when he became king (2 Chronicles 21:5). 1 Kings 2- 29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. Had the 42 and 22 been written in number form prior to being spelled out, this discrepancy could easily creep in as מ (mem, forty) and כ (caph, twenty) are very similar. The most common answer given is an error on the part of the copyist. Clearly Ahaziah was not literally 42 years old when his father died at 40. His mother's name was Jecholiah, from Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. However, he interprets 2 Chronicles 22:2 as the beginning of the kingly reign of his family line (starting with Omri, then his son Ahab, and then Ahab’s daughter Athaliah who was Ahaziah’s wife). King Azariah did what pleased God and listened to Zechariah, prophet of God. However we are told in 2 Chronicles that Ahaziah was 42 years old when he became king. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. In 2 Kings 8:17, Ahaziah’s father Joram reigned for 8 years after beginning his reign at age 32. According to researchers, Azariah began his reign when he was only 16 years of age. 4 He did right in the sight of the Lord according to all that his father Amaziah had done. When we understand that the Bible gives us the information relevant to the question and that the Bible does not contradict itself, the answers, while they may take some searching through careful studying and understanding to find, are always there. 9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. This brings us to the question of “preservation,” which is distinct from inerrancy. Found inside – Page 340Inthe twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, ... In the earlier part of his reign, under the influence of a prophet named Zechariah, he was faithful to God, and "did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord" (2 . When Azariah died, Jotham became King. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. With English translations, for example, from Tyndale forward, each translator made use of textually criticized texts and often consulted variant texts when doing translations. 25 And Amaziah the son of Joash the king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of . Can the BIBLE itself explain the supposed “contradiction”? 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. [2]Before that, he had approved of David's plans to build the Temple to replace the Tabernacle, only to be corrected by the Lord. It is dated to 605 BC with Azariah mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:13 and Ezra 7:1. 2 Azariah was 16 years old when he became king. He was a good king and obeyed God's laws. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord . Although he started as a young ruler, it was noted that his time was one of the most prosperous. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. 3 He did what was right in the LORD's sight, just as his father Amaziah had done, 4 though the . There are two kings in the scriptures with that name; one was king of Israel, the other king of Judah. Found inside – Page 2942He was asixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in ... 6Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not ... Zimni seeing that the city was taken killed himself, going into the king’s house and setting fire to it. Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. Found inside – Page 222He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 3 Azariah ... We are very clearly told that these kings of Judah followed the kings of Israel. There has been further study and textual criticism to arrive at standard texts. 1In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. Found inside – Page 182 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel's King Jeroboam, Azariah† son of Amaziah became king of Judah. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he ... 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. Another reason others are not entirely convinced is that other ancient texts have 22 in this verse, not 42. Ahaziah (son of Ahab) 2 years As we know, Israel was split into two kingdoms, the Northern tribes of Israel and the southern tribes of Judah. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. 2 Kings 15:1-7 and 2 Chronicles 26:1-23. The Septuagint (LXX) has 20. Found inside – Page 522*"Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, ... He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in ... In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. iii. the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. You can also sign up for our free print newsletter (US only). The 42 is in reference to the beginning of the kingly reign of which Ahaziah is a part. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. Azariah (Uzziah) of Judah 1-5 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah became king in Judah. Found insideJudah's King Azariah 2 Kings 15 1 In the twenty-seventh year of Israel's King ... Azariah Z son of Amaziah became king of Judah.2 He was sixteen years old ... 2 Chronicles 21- 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. Azariah King of Judah. 2 Kings 8- 25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. However Jeroham married the granddaughter of Omri the king of Israel. His mother's name was Jecoliah. 1 (a) In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. And so began the lineage of Omri over Israel. Asa. He was sixteen years old when he began his rule and he was king for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. He fought successfully against other nations and exacted tribute from the Ammonites. In fact, the version used by the Antioch church in New Testament times was obtained by Archbishop Ussher at great cost and it had 22.4 These early translations were obviously drawing from another Hebrew text, different from what we know today as the Masoretic or standard Hebrew text used for most translations in modern times. On the death of Joash, Amaziah became king when Uzziah his son was 12 years old. There is no contradiction, no mistake, no copyist error. The Arabic version was done much later, in the tenth century by Saadia Gaon in Babylonia.9 But this means it drew from a Hebrew text unique from the Masoretic to utilize 22 instead of 42 in 2 Chronicles 22:2. Found inside – Page 458In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son ... 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in ... He was 25 years old and was a king for 16 years. She came from Jerusalem. Found inside – Page 495... Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king. 2He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. 792-740 BC. But Omri would eventually prevail over Tibni and become the sole king of the house of Israel. God blessed the king until later in life, when Azariah had become very powerful, he let pride . 2 Kings 15:1-4 "In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. Preservation has occurred through the various copies that exist. Let’s look at the possibility of a copyist mistake. Found inside – Page 4302He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in ... 6Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not ... During the 2 nd year of King Pekah of Israel's reign, the son of Azariah's son Jotham became the king of Judah. His mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 2Ki 15:2 -. 1 Scripture records how Uzziah (also known as Azariah in 1 Kings 15:1-7) became king after his father's death: And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 4 The 42 years as stated in 2 Chronicles is actually an important reference to the 42 years back to the reign of Omri whose line as we know infiltrated the kingdom of Judah. 3 He did what was right in the LORD's eyes, just as his father Amaziah had done. 20 Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. Found inside – Page 453His son Jeroboam became king in his place. ... 21Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,a who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his ... 2 He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of e Israel. 6+22+2+12 = 42. King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. The BIBLE tells us that Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king. His first edition was apparently rushed for competition with another family of texts that was used for the Polyglot Bible, and it became the dominant text used throughout Europe. Series Of Kings: Azariah (Uzziah) Over Judah. Although the MT may be the best, we need to be careful about in-depth studies of words and phrases without consulting other ancient texts. 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