'Age' and 'Son of House'?

Question

In an answer to another question I was told that the reason for the apparent contradiction between the two ages quoted below was that "In 2 Kings 8:26, it shows Ahaziah's true age. In 2 Chronicles 22:2, it is saying that is how long Ahaziah was a son of the house of Omri, through his mother."

How do I establish whether or not that is the case?

“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.” 2 Chronicles 22:2

“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.” 2 Kings 8:26

Answer 1

There are plenty of contradictions in the Bible .and i doubt that you`ll get a reliable answer If i were you i`d put it down to human error and forget about it

Answer 2

When dealing with the books of the kings (1sam-2 chron) sometimes it helps to look at them through 2 sets of eyes. 1&2 Sam 1&2 kings through the eyes of man and 1&2 Chron through the eyes of God. The "contradictions" are often cleared up that way.
As to your question there was a scholar in the late 1800's and early 1900's that wrote an extensive timeline relating to biblical history. His name is E.W. Bullinger and he wrote "a son of forty two years; i.e of the house of Omri [Israel's king, rather than Judah's], on account of his connnection with it through his mother(832-790b.c.=42)
In 2kings 8:26 Ahaziah's actual age (twenty two years) is given when he began to reign (790) during the two years of his fathers disease.
His father, Jehoram, was thirty-two when he began to reign with Jehoshapat [his father], two years before the latter's death(2kings 8:16) This was in 796 [in the fifth year of Jehoram, the grandson of Ahab, the king of Israel's reign ]. Jehoram [of Judah] therefore was born in 828.
Ahaziah, his son being twenty two when he began his co-regency, was therefore born in 812 (812b.c-790b.c); his father being 16 years old,"
It is laid out side by side with the scripture references
in the Appendix 50 in the back of the companion bible that makes it all a little easier to understand. I hope this helps.

Answer 3

I think you are chasing a rabbit hear. We live under the new conenant now, Jesus came and died on the cross for our sins. The old testament writings of the Kings and Chronicles were written by two different people, Each book is a recorded History of Facts, The Chronicles were kept by Scribes and Priests which had their own set of rules and laws on how to record things, it was different than any Prophets who wrote them down, I once studied this while taking classes at Moody Bible Institute but can't remember word for word but believe me there is no contradition there. The Jewish Rabbi's had their own way of recording who was King at a certian time, look at there disbelief of Jesus as Proof. Because he said if you have seen me you have seen the Father they wanted to stone him. They never understood the trinity and those of Judaism still don't today. But alot of them did and there are alot of Christians today who are of the Children of Isreal. Praise the Lord.

Answer 4

I can honestly say that I haven't got the foggiest idea what you are talking about,nevertheless i hope you find the answer that you are looking for.Sorry