Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 32:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 32:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 32:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author's perspective in 2 Chronicles, a big king named Sennacherib from Assyria came to fight against the strong cities of Judah, trying to take them for himself. The people of Judah were worried because someone was trying to take their home.

2 Chronicles 32:1: After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. [to win...: Heb. to break them up]

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:7

Suggests that when a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, which contradicts the invasion described in 2 Chronicles 32:1 despite Hezekiah's faithfulness.

Proverbs 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Contradiction with Isaiah 38:5-6

Promises deliverance from the Assyrian king, contradicting the imminent threat faced by Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 32:1 as he had to prepare for war.

Isaiah 38:5-6: Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 31:21

States that Hezekiah was successful in all that he did because he sought God with all his heart, contrasting with the adversity he faces in 2 Chronicles 32:1.

2 Chronicles 31:21: And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did [it] with all his heart, and prospered.
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