FROM DOUBTER
If you think that your bible is the inspired inerrant word of the living god then it seems to me that any flaws in it render this proposition false full stop. The bible is supposed to have been written by the creator of the universe but, I think you or I would sit down one afternoon and come up with some way to improve upon it. There’s so many basic mistakes in the text that it couldn’t have been written by an magical being in the sky. Here’s a couple for you:
How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?
(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)
(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)
Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?
(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)
(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)
RESPONSE
Your first description of the Bible is correct, but the others aren't. The Bible is the INSPIRED Word of God. God inspired men to write the Bible, but He did not write it Himself. The Bible says that scripture is "God-breathed". I take this to mean that God strongly guided His scribes in what to say, but less strongly (unless it was a direct quote) in how to say it. In other words, God expressed Himself through men. So we have Paul's style of writing differing vastly from Luke's and other authors of the Bible, but all of them delivering and agreeing on extremely complex issues. That's huge with me, because I know how difficult it is to find just two peope who agree on something as simple as the best pizza. You're right - God did not physically write the Bible, men did. However, it was God Who inspired and guided the writing with His Spirit so it is inerrant.
As for your "mistakes"...it is my understanding that there were often co-regents in Bible times. A king would grow old, or become incapacitated, or even perhaps want to train his son in kingship, so he would crown him, and they would rule together. After the father died, the son became sole king. So initially, in Kings, Ahaziah may have been crowned king (co-regent) at 22, then in Chronicles, sole king at 42 after his father died. If this was the case, then no contradiction, wouldn't you agree?
Perhaps, in Kings, Solomon initially built a facility of 2,000 baths. Over time, he added more baths until it was over 3,000 in Chronicles. Sound reasonable?