Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 11:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 11:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 11:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, Rehoboam really loved one of his wives named Maachah more than all his other wives and special friends. He had a big family with many children because he had 18 wives and 60 special friends called concubines.

2 Chronicles 11:21: And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:3

This verse describes Solomon having seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines, implying a larger number of wives as opposed to the situation in 2 Chronicles 11:21, suggesting Rehoboam having eighteen wives.

1 Kings 11:3: And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 17:17

This verse instructs that a king should not multiply wives for himself, which contradicts with Rehoboam having multiple wives in 2 Chronicles 11:21.

Deuteronomy 17:17: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Paradox #1

2 Chronicles 11:21 mentions a king having many wives and concubines. The contradiction arises because, in other parts of the Bible, such as in Genesis 2:24 and the teachings of Jesus, monogamy is presented as the ideal marital relationship. The practice of having multiple wives can be seen as conflicting with these teachings on marriage.

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