Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

When did Baasha king of Israel die and his son Elah begin to reign?

1 Kings 16:6, 8, "Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king... In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years."

2 Chronicles 16:1, "In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah."

According to 1 Kings chapter 16, Elah became king of Israel after his father Baasha died, which was in the 26th year of the reign of Asa king of Judah. However, according to 2 Chronicles chapter 16, Baasha was still alive during Asa's 36th year as king of Judah.

"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)