Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 30:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 30:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 30:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, God's messengers invited the people of Israel and Judah to come back to God and promised that if they did, God would help and be with those who were safe from the enemy kings. It's like when you get a special letter inviting you to be friends again and promising that everything will be okay if you say "yes."

2 Chronicles 30:6: So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. [from: Heb. from the hand]

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse instructs not to make covenants with other nations or their gods, while 2 Chronicles 30:6 invites people, including Israelites from other regions, back to worship in Jerusalem.

Exodus 23:32: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:2

It commands Israel to utterly destroy nations and show no mercy, contrasting 2 Chronicles 30:6, which extends an invitation for those from other regions to return to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:2: And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:41

This verse states that the nations feared the Lord but also served their idols, while 2 Chronicles 30:6 calls for returning solely to the service of the Lord God of Israel.

2 Kings 17:41: So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 13:3

It narrates the separation of the mixed multitude from Israel, whereas 2 Chronicles 30:6 invites others to return to the worship in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 13:3: Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

Contradiction with Ezra 4:3

This verse shows rejection of assistance from others in rebuilding the temple, contrasting the open invitation in 2 Chronicles 30:6 for others to return and worship.

Ezra 4:3: But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:13-14

These verses express God's weariness of the people's offerings and assemblies, conflicting with the positive call to assemble for Passover worship in 2 Chronicles 30:6.

Isaiah 1:13-14: Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting. [iniquity: or, grief]
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