Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 20:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 20:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 20:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, the writer of the book, the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with their leader Jehoshaphat, were very happy as they went back to their city because God had helped them win against their enemies. They felt joyful and thankful to God for their victory.

2 Chronicles 20:27: Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. [forefront: Heb. head]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:30

This verse asserts that no wisdom, understanding, or counsel can go against the Lord, while 2 Chronicles 20:27 suggests that God's guidance leads to triumph.

Proverbs 21:30: [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:33

God does not willingly bring affliction, yet in 2 Chronicles 20:27, the people celebrate deliverance from previously experienced turmoil.

Lamentations 3:33: For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. [willingly: Heb. from his heart]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

Suggests that the race is not to the swift nor favor to the wise, contradicting the victory and joy expressed in 2 Chronicles 20:27 as directly linked to divine favor.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Questions why the way of the wicked prosper, which contrasts with the scene of jubilation for a righteous king in 2 Chronicles 20:27.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13

Describes God as too pure to look on evil, questioning the prosperity of treacherous, contrasting the triumph over enemies in 2 Chronicles 20:27.

Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
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