Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 33:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 33:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 33:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Chronicler, the people continued to make sacrifices on the hills, but they were trying to worship only their God.

2 Chronicles 33:17: Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, [yet] unto the LORD their God only.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 18:4

This verse mentions King Hezekiah destroying the high places, whereas 2 Chronicles 33:17 indicates that the people still sacrificed on the high places, though only unto the LORD their God.

2 Kings 18:4: He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. [images: Heb. statues] [Nehushtan: that is, A piece of brass]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 3:3

Solomon is described as loving the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. This suggests partial, not complete disobedience to the centralization of worship, aligning closely to the behavior in 2 Chronicles 33:17 yet showing a compromise.

1 Kings 3:3: And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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