Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 20:36

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 20:36 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 20:36. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, King Jehoshaphat worked with another king to build ships so they could sail to a faraway place called Tarshish. They built the ships in a place named Eziongeber, but this plan was not pleasing to God.

2 Chronicles 20:36: And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse promotes trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not relying on your own understanding, which could contradict forming alliances like in 2 Chronicles 20:36.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 6:14

Advises against being unequally yoked with unbelievers, which contrasts with Jehoshaphat's alliance with Ahaziah as described in 2 Chronicles 20:36.

2 Corinthians 6:14: Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

Commands not to make covenants with certain nations, contradicting the alliance made in 2 Chronicles 20:36.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Contradiction with Isaiah 31:1

Warns against seeking help through alliances rather than relying on God, contrasting with Jehoshaphat’s actions in 2 Chronicles 20:36.

Isaiah 31:1: Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Contradiction with James 4:4

Describes friendship with the world as enmity with God, which could be seen as conflicting with forming alliances like in 2 Chronicles 20:36.

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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