Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 24:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 24:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 24:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse tells us that Jehoiada helped the king choose two wives so that the king could have a family with sons and daughters. This was a part of making sure the king had a big and happy family.

2 Chronicles 24:3: And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 3:2

This verse suggests that a bishop should be the husband of one wife, contradicting the practice of taking multiple wives in 2 Chronicles 24:3.

1 Timothy 3:2: A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; [of good...: or, modest]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 17:17

This verse warns against kings multiplying wives, which contradicts the account of Jehoiada taking two wives for Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:3.

Deuteronomy 17:17: Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Contradiction with Genesis 2:24

This verse speaks to the ideal of one man and one woman becoming one flesh, contradicting the practice of having multiple wives in 2 Chronicles 24:3.

Genesis 2:24: Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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