Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 24:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 24:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 24:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Chronicler, God wanted the people to fix His special house, the temple, which was getting old and needed repairs. The leaders were told to collect money for the repairs, but they took a long time to do it.

2 Chronicles 24:5: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened [it] not.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 24:6

It states that the sons of Athaliah broke into the house of God, contrasting with Joash's directive to repair the house of God in 2 Chronicles 24:5.

2 Chronicles 24:6: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, [according to the commandment] of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 13:11

It mentions that burnt offerings were made every morning and evening, contradicting the neglect outlined in 2 Chronicles 24:5, where the priests delayed in repairing the temple.

2 Chronicles 13:11: And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also [set they in order] upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 12:6

This highlights that in the twenty-third year of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house, showing their negligence, which is contradictory to their instructed task in 2 Chronicles 24:5.

2 Kings 12:6: But it was [so, that] in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. [three...: Heb. twentieth year and third year]
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