Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 2:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 2:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 2:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, Solomon wanted to gather lots of wood to build a very special and big house for God. He wanted it to be amazing and beautiful for everyone to see.

2 Chronicles 2:9: Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build [shall be] wonderful great. [wonderful...: Heb. great and wonderful]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:7

Describes the stones being fully prepared before being brought to the construction site, which contradicts the use of massive stones quarried, as mentioned in 2 Chronicles 2:9.

1 Kings 6:7: And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:25

God commands that an altar of stone should not be made with hewn stones, contradicting the preparation of stones as described in 2 Chronicles 2:9.

Exodus 20:25: And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. [build...: Heb. build them with hewing]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 27:6

Commands an altar of unhewn stones, contradicting the use of massive, prepared stones in 2 Chronicles 2:9.

Deuteronomy 27:6: Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:28-29

Emphasizes that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these, contrasting with the grand resources Solomon sought in 2 Chronicles 2:9.

Matthew 6:28-29: And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

States that God does not dwell in temples made with hands, contradicting Solomon's efforts to build a grand temple as indicated in 2 Chronicles 2:9.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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