Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 15:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 15:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 15:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, this verse means that many people from different places joined together because they saw that God was helping them. They came from far away because they wanted to be part of something good and special.

2 Chronicles 15:9: And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God [was] with him.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 23:3

States that no Ammonite or Moabite should enter the congregation of the Lord, suggesting exclusion rather than inclusion described in 2 Chronicles 15:9.

Deuteronomy 23:3: An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:41-43

Emphasizes the inclusion and welcome of foreigners, which differs from the notion of purification and separation described in 2 Chronicles 15:9.

1 Kings 8:41-43: Moreover concerning a stranger, that [is] not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

Contradiction with Ezra 10:11

Encourages the separation from foreign peoples, which contrasts with 2 Chronicles 15:9's gathering of people from different tribes and territories.

Ezra 10:11: Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 13:3

Describes the exclusion of the mixed multitude from Israel, whereas 2 Chronicles 15:9 describes uniting people from different territories.

Nehemiah 13:3: Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Contradiction with Isaiah 56:3-7

Highlights the acceptance of all people who join themselves to the Lord, contrasting with the focus on Israelites in 2 Chronicles 15:9.

Isaiah 56:3-7: Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I [am] a dry tree.
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