Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 33:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 33:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 33:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, this verse means that the king fixed the special place for worshiping God and made gifts to say sorry and thank you to God. He then told all the people to follow and worship God, too.

2 Chronicles 33:16: And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:1

This verse calls for secrecy in doing good deeds, contrary to Manasseh's public acts of restoration in 2 Chronicles 33:16.

Matthew 6:1: Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. [alms: or, righteousness] [of your: or, with your]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse indicates God's disdain for sacrifices, which contradicts the restoration of the altar for sacrifices in 2 Chronicles 33:16.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22

This passage shows God's rejection of offerings and sacrifices despite restored altar systems, as opposed to the positive connotation in 2 Chronicles 33:16.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

States that it's impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, challenging the acts of sacrifice depicted in 2 Chronicles 33:16.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22

Suggests God never commanded sacrifices when He brought Israel out of Egypt, conflicting with the sacrificial practices restored in 2 Chronicles 33:16.

Jeremiah 7:22: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
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