Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 31:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 31:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 31:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the people of Israel worked together to remove all the bad statues and altars from their land because they wanted to follow God. After they finished, everyone went back to their own homes and cities.

2 Chronicles 31:1: Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. [present: Heb. found] [images: Heb. statues] [until...: Heb. until to make an end]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 18:4

This verse describes Hezekiah breaking the bronze serpent that Moses made, which is a direct action against an idol previously accepted, contrasting with the support for destroying high places and idols in 2 Chronicles 31:1.

2 Kings 18:4: He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. [images: Heb. statues] [Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 12:28-31

Jeroboam sets up golden calves and high places for worship, which contradicts the destruction of high places in 2 Chronicles 31:1.

1 Kings 12:28-31: Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 7:17

Samuel continues to worship at a high place in Ramah, contrasting with the actions in 2 Chronicles 31:1 where high places are destroyed.

1 Samuel 7:17: And his return [was] to Ramah; for there [was] his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 3:3

Solomon loved the Lord but worshiped at high places, a practice contradicted by the destruction of these places in 2 Chronicles 31:1.

1 Kings 3:3: And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.

Paradox #1

This verse describes the actions of the Israelites in destroying idols and places of false worship after a religious reform. The contradiction could arise from the idea of enforcing religious beliefs through destruction. While it aims to ensure devotion to one faith, it contrasts with the principles of religious tolerance and freedom of belief, highlighting a tension between upholding faith and respecting diverse religious practices.

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