Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 29:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 29:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 29:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Chronicles, the people brought a lot of animals to offer to God as a way to say they were sorry and to make God happy. This shows how they wanted to be close to God and follow His ways.

2 Chronicles 29:32: And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, [and] two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

Emphasizes obedience to God as more important than sacrifices, which contrasts with 2 Chronicles 29:32 where the focus is on the abundance of sacrifices.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Critiques the multitude of sacrifices, questioning their value, which could be seen as contradicting the emphasis on sacrifices in 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Highlights the desire for mercy and knowledge of God over burnt offerings, which presents a different view compared to the emphasis on offerings in 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Psalm 40:6

Suggests God does not desire sacrifice and offering, which stands in contrast to the sacrifices mentioned in 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3

States that doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, which differs from the sacrificial focus in 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

Questions the need for sacrifices and instead emphasizes acting justly and loving mercy, contrasting the focus on sacrifices in 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23

Suggests God did not command burnt offerings and sacrifices when bringing the Israelites out of Egypt, highlighting a different priority than 2 Chronicles 29:32.

Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
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