By: Thomas,
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Yes, please, DO THE MATH! I will make it real simple for you.
6+22+2+12=42
Just look at the house of Omri, from whom Ahaziah was descended through his mother. We find that Omri reigned 6 years (1King 16:23), Ahab his son 22 years (1Kings 16:29), Ahaziah his son 2 years (1Kings 22:51), and Joram his son 12 years (2Kings 3:1), for a total of 42 years (6+22+2+12). So a ‘son of 42 years’ could easily mean ‘a son of the dynasty 42 years old’, i.e. Omri, which he proves in verse three where Ahaziah ‘walked in the ways of the house of Ahab’ (the son of Omri). A clue to this is that his mother is called ‘the daughter of Omri’ in 22:2, though given the fact that Omri is dead almost 40 years, she is probably his granddaughter. Ahaziah, then, is called a true son of Omri, not only in descent but in morality, and the forty-two years here belong to that house, not his own life (for another description of how dynasty years can be used in place of personal years, see note on 2Chron 16:1).
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I stand corrected and I thank God that I am.
I was asked this question a while back and I did read and read to seek an answer as I did not want to think the KJV was at error. After much searching I still could not figure it out. And so I finally concluded that the KJV must be wrong in this, though as you have pointed out and I have went back through the srciptures and it does make alot of sense.
Thank you Thomas for the help in this.
God speed.
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Yes, please, DO THE MATH! I will make it real simple for you.
6+22+2+12=42
Just look at the house of Omri, from whom Ahaziah was descended through his mother. We find that Omri reigned 6 years (1King 16:23), Ahab his son 22 years (1Kings 16:29), Ahaziah his son 2 years (1Kings 22:51), and Joram his son 12 years (2Kings 3:1), for a total of 42 years (6+22+2+12). So a ‘son of 42 years’ could easily mean ‘a son of the dynasty 42 years old’, i.e. Omri, which he proves in verse three where Ahaziah ‘walked in the ways of the house of Ahab’ (the son of Omri). A clue to this is that his mother is called ‘the daughter of Omri’ in 22:2, though given the fact that Omri is dead almost 40 years, she is probably his granddaughter. Ahaziah, then, is called a true son of Omri, not only in descent but in morality, and the forty-two years here belong to that house, not his own life (for another description of how dynasty years can be used in place of personal years, see note on 2Chron 16:1).
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I stand corrected and I thank God that I am.
I was asked this question a while back and I did read and read to seek an answer as I did not want to think the KJV was at error. After much searching I still could not figure it out. And so I finally concluded that the KJV must be wrong in this, though as you have pointed out and I have went back through the srciptures and it does make alot of sense.
Thank you Thomas for the help in this.
God speed.