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.