Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 16:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 16:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 16:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, when the king died, he was buried in a special place he made for himself, and they used nice-smelling spices to honor him. The people made a big fire to show how much they loved and respected him.

2 Chronicles 16:14: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. [had made: Heb. had digged]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19-21

These verses advise against storing treasures on earth, yet 2 Chronicles 16:14 describes Asa being buried with great amounts of spices and treasures.

Matthew 6:19-21: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27-28

These verses criticize outward appearances without inner righteousness, while 2 Chronicles 16:14 emphasizes the grandeur of Asa's burial.

Matthew 23:27-28: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 4:2

This verse implies that the dead are better off than the living, contradicting the lavish mourning and burial in 2 Chronicles 16:14.

Ecclesiastes 4:2: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Contradiction with Luke 12:15

Warns against the accumulation of possessions, contrasting the abundance of riches described in Asa's burial in 2 Chronicles 16:14.

Luke 12:15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Contradiction with James 5:2-3

These verses highlight the temporary nature of earthly riches, which contradicts the elaborate burial treasures mentioned in 2 Chronicles 16:14.

James 5:2-3: Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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