Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 32:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 32:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 32:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, King Sennacherib of Assyria sent messengers to talk to King Hezekiah and the people in Jerusalem while he was busy attacking another city called Lachish. This was a time when Hezekiah and his people needed to be brave because they were facing a big challenge from a powerful king.

2 Chronicles 32:9: After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying, [power: Heb. dominion]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 18:17

This verse states that the king of Assyria sent a great host, including Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh, to Jerusalem, which is more detailed than 2 Chronicles 32:9 that simplistically asserts Sennacherib sent servants.

2 Kings 18:17: And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field. [great: Heb. heavy]

Contradiction with Isaiah 36:2

This verse claims the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh, assuming a strategic position by the conduit of the upper pool, offering specifics that differ from the terse statement in 2 Chronicles 32:9.

Isaiah 36:2: And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 19:34-35

It details how an angel smote the Assyrian camp, aligning with the ultimate defeat not mentioned in 2 Chronicles 32:9, which merely introduces the impending threat.

2 Kings 19:34-35: For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Contradiction with Isaiah 37:36

Provides a miraculous account of the Assyrian army's destruction by an angel, contrasting 2 Chronicles 32:9's absence of the outcome of the Assyrian actions.

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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