Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 1:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 1:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 1:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the big bronze altar that a man named Bezaleel made was placed in front of God's special tent, and Solomon and all the people went there to ask God for help. They believed it was an important place to talk to God and thank Him.

2 Chronicles 1:5: Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. [he put: or, was there]

Contradiction with Exodus 40:29

While 2 Chronicles 1:5 mentions the brazen altar being in Gibeon, Exodus 40:29 describes the altar being set up in front of the tabernacle in the wilderness, suggesting a different location.

Exodus 40:29: And he put the altar of burnt offering [by] the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:5-6

2 Chronicles 1:5 refers to offerings being made at the high place in Gibeon, whereas Deuteronomy 12 emphasizes that sacrifices should only be made in the place God chooses, often considered to be Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 12:5-6: But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 6:17

2 Chronicles 1:5 suggests the altar was at Gibeon, but 2 Samuel 6:17 talks about David offering burnt offerings before the ark in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 6:17: And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. [pitched: Heb. stretched]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 5:2-3

This verse references Solomon assembling all in Jerusalem to bring up the ark, whereas 2 Chronicles 1:5 places religious activities in Gibeon, indicating a shift in the central place of worship.

2 Chronicles 5:2-3: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which [is] Zion.
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