Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

How old was Ahaziah when he became king of Judah -- 22 or 42?

2 Kings 8:26, "Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year..."

2 Chronicles 22:2, "Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year..."

According to 2 Kings chapter 8, Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king and he reigned in Jerusalem one year, however, according to 2 Chronicles chapter 22, he was 42 years old when he became king.

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)

"Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)