Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 23:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 23:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 23:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 2 Chronicles, Jehoiada, the priest, made a special promise with everyone, including the king, to belong to God and follow His ways. This means they promised to be good and do what God wanted.

2 Chronicles 23:16: And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

Jesus states that he brought not peace but a sword, contradicting the making of a covenant of peace with the Lord.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with John 14:27

Jesus speaks of giving peace, contradicting the need for a new covenant to establish peace with the Lord.

John 14:27: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

The verse refers to a new covenant making the first one obsolete, which contradicts the establishment of the old covenant mentioned in Chronicles.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:25

Indicates that with faith, we are no longer under a schoolmaster, suggesting a shift from the laws and covenants like the one in Chronicles.

Galatians 3:25: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
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