Holier Than Thou - Biblical Contradictions

How many baths did the sea of cast metal hold -- 2,000 or 3,000?

1 Kings 7:26, It was a handbreadth [about 3 inches or 8 cm] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths [about 11,500 gallons or 44 Kl]".

2 Chronicles 4:5, "It was a handbreadth [about 3 inches or 8 cm] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths [about 17,500 gallons or 66 Kl]."

According to the description of the metal Sea in the temple, both 1 Kings chapter 7 and 2 Chronicles chapter 4 agree that it was a handbreadth in thickness, however, 1 Kings records its volume as 2,000 baths, while 2 Chronicles records it as 3,000 baths.

"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)