Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 32:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 32:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 32:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah asked God for help because they were in trouble. They prayed very hard, showing they trusted God to take care of them.

2 Chronicles 32:20: And for this [cause] Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 19:35

Contradicts by stating that a single angel, not Hezekiah's and Isaiah's prayers, was responsible for the defeat of the Assyrians.

2 Kings 19:35: And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.

Contradiction with Isaiah 37:36

Similar to 2 Kings 19:35, it attributes the defeat of the Assyrians to an angel, not directly to prayer.

Isaiah 37:36: Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
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