Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22
This verse expresses God's disdain for feasts and burnt offerings, which contradicts 2 Chronicles 15:11 where offerings are given as an act of devotion.
Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
This verse emphasizes that God desires mercy, not sacrifice, contradicting the sacrificial offerings made in 2 Chronicles 15:11.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
This verse questions the value of numerous sacrifices, contradicting the practice recorded in 2 Chronicles 15:11.
Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3
This verse states that doing justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, contradicting the significance placed on offerings in 2 Chronicles 15:11.
Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23
This verse indicates that God did not command sacrifices when He brought the Israelites out of Egypt, contradicting the sacrificial practice noted in 2 Chronicles 15:11.
Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
Paradox #1
Some people may see a moral conflict in the act of offering animal sacrifices as described in this verse. They might question the morality of taking animal lives for religious purposes, considering modern views on animal rights and welfare. While ancient practices saw sacrifices as a way to honor or seek favor from a deity, today, some might view it as inconsistent with the idea of treating all living beings with compassion.