Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 11:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 11:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 11:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, the Levites, who were special helpers in God’s temple, left their homes to move to Judah and Jerusalem because King Jeroboam and his sons wouldn’t let them do their important jobs for God anymore.

2 Chronicles 11:14: For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:

Contradiction with Numbers 18:20

The Levites were traditionally assigned religious duties rather than having their own inheritance, whereas 2 Chronicles 11:14 suggests they left their lands to maintain religious practices.

Numbers 18:20: And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Joshua 14:3-4

The Levites were not given an inheritance of land among the tribes, yet in 2 Chronicles 11:14, it is implied they left their possessions behind, indicating they had some form of inheritance or property.

Joshua 14:3-4: For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 44:10-14

Certain Levites are mentioned to have been demoted to minor temple duties, while 2 Chronicles 11:14 presents them exercising authority by choosing to leave for Jerusalem for religious purity.

Ezekiel 44:10-14: And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
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