Contradiction claim
How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign?
Kings gives Jehoiachin’s age at accession as eighteen and his reign as three months; Chronicles gives eight and three months and ten days. The reign lengths are close but not identical, and the ages differ by ten years.
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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.
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.
Why they appear to conflict
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2 Kings
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign.