Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 17:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 17:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 17:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Chronicler, King Jehoshaphat wanted his people to learn about God, so he sent important teachers to visit the towns in his kingdom and help everyone understand God's teachings better. This way, the people could live in a way that made God happy and made their community stronger.

2 Chronicles 17:7: Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:7

While 2 Chronicles 17:7 highlights the sending of officials to teach the people, Proverbs 4:7 emphasizes acquiring wisdom as the principal thing without intermediaries.

Proverbs 4:7: Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:19

2 Chronicles 17:7 shows teaching as commendable, whereas Matthew 5:19 warns against breaking commandments and teaching others to do so, suggesting a negative aspect to teaching.

Matthew 5:19: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:12

2 Chronicles 17:7 speaks of teaching as a positive act, contrasting with 1 Timothy 2:12, which restricts women from teaching or having authority over men, indicating limits on who should teach.

1 Timothy 2:12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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