Contradiction with Exodus 20:15
This verse commands "Thou shalt not steal," which would contrast with returning spoils taken from battle, as it emphasizes God's desire for keeping rightful ownership.
Exodus 20:15: Thou shalt not steal.
Contradiction with Exodus 23:4
This verse advocates for the return of one's enemy's stray animals, suggesting a principle of returning others' property, while 2 Chronicles 28:14 deals with returning captured people and spoils.
Exodus 23:4: If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:14
This outlines instructions to take spoils after conquering enemies in war, which can seem contradictory to the return of spoils in 2 Chronicles 28:14.
Deuteronomy 20:14: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. [take: Heb. spoil]
Contradiction with Joshua 11:14
This verse describes that the Israelites took all the spoil and cattle as their prey, contrasting the act of returning the spoil in 2 Chronicles 28:14.
Joshua 11:14: And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3
This verse commands the utter destruction of everything, including spoil, which contrasts the act of returning spoil in 2 Chronicles 28:14.
1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.