The tension: 1 Kings 16:6-8 says Baasha died and his son Elah began to reign in the 26th year of Asa, putting Baasha's death no later than Asa's 26th year.
The tension: 2 Kings 22:19 and the parallel 2 Chronicles 34:27 record God praising Josiah for rending his clothes; Ecclesiastes 3:7 lists a "time to rend." Joel 2:13 calls…
The tension: 2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2 call Athaliah "the daughter of Omri." 2 Kings 8:18 and 2 Chronicles 21:6 call her "the daughter of Ahab." Omri and Ahab are…
The tension: Huldah's oracle in 2 Kings 22:20 and 2 Chronicles 34:28 promises that Josiah will be "gathered into thy grave in peace" — a peaceful death.
The tension: 1 Chronicles 25:4 lists fourteen sons of Heman by name: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshb…
The tension: 1 Kings 15:14 and 2 Chronicles 15:17 both declare that "the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days." 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 then narrates Asa relyin…
The tension: 2 Chronicles 24:20-21 narrates the stoning of Zechariah son of Jehoiada "in the court of the house of the Lord" — exactly the death scenario Jesus references i…
The tension: 2 Kings 23:29-30 says Pharaoh Necho slew king Josiah at Megiddo, and his servants "carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo" and brought the body to Jerusale…
The tension: 2 Chronicles 36:5-6 says Nebuchadnezzar bound Jehoiakim in fetters "to carry him to Babylon." Jeremiah 22:18-19 prophesies that Jehoiakim will receive the buri…
