Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 31:2

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

According to the chronicler, this means that King Hezekiah made sure the priests and helpers in the temple had special jobs to do, like giving offerings to God and singing songs of thanks. He wanted everything to be well-ordered so people could worship God properly.

2 Chronicles 31:2: And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 12:31

This verse describes Jeroboam making priests of the lowest of people, not from the sons of Levi, contradicting the organization of priests and Levites according to divisions in 2 Chronicles 31:2.

1 Kings 12:31: And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 23:9

This verse explains that the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, contradicting the idea of priests serving according to their divisions in the Lord's temple.

2 Kings 23:9: Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

Contradiction with Amos 7:10-13

Amos is told not to prophesy at the king's sanctuary, highlighting tensions outside the established order of temple service described in 2 Chronicles 31:2.

Amos 7:10-13: Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Contradiction with Matthew 12:1-4

Jesus recounts how David ate the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, showing a deviation from the established priestly rules.

Matthew 12:1-4: At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
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