Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 29:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 29:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 29:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, King Hezekiah wanted to make a special promise to God because he hoped it would stop God from being angry with the people. He loved God and wanted everything to be better between God and the people.

2 Chronicles 29:10: Now [it is] in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:7-10

God was ready to destroy the Israelites and make Moses a great nation, showing his wrath rather than the "making a covenant" as in 2 Chronicles 29:10.

Exodus 32:7-10: And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 9:14

Here, God speaks of destroying the Israelites and blotting out their name, which contradicts with the renewal of the covenant in 2 Chronicles 29:10.

Deuteronomy 9:14: Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:12

God mentions smiting the Israelites with pestilence and disinheriting them, which is the opposite of the intention to make a covenant in 2 Chronicles 29:10.

Numbers 14:12: I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:10

Suggests that God will repent of the good He promised if people do evil, differing from the covenant of restoration in 2 Chronicles 29:10.

Jeremiah 18:10: If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Contradiction with Psalm 7:11-13

Describes God as being angry with the wicked every day, conflicting with the notion of commitment to a covenant as in 2 Chronicles 29:10.

Psalm 7:11-13: God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry [with the wicked] every day. [judgeth...: or, is a righteous judge]
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