Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 34:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 34:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 34:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the Levites were helpers in charge of guiding the workers and making sure everything was done right. They had important jobs like keeping track of things, organizing, and guarding the temple.

2 Chronicles 34:13: Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.

Contradiction with Exodus 35:10

Contradiction in roles: All the people were involved instead of just overseers directing the work.

Exodus 35:10: And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:12

Contradiction in instructions: God gives Solomon specific directives rather than overseers' supervision.

1 Kings 6:12: [Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 22:15

Contradiction in workforce description: Emphasizes Solomon's abundant workforce rather than overseers.

1 Chronicles 22:15: Moreover [there are] workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. [workers...: that is, masons and carpenters]

Contradiction with Ezra 3:8-9

Contradiction in roles: Levites were overseeing the work rather than just appointed overseers.

Ezra 3:8-9: Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 4:16-17

Contradiction in labor distribution: Workers also held weapons, unlike a strictly supervised and peaceful work environment.

Nehemiah 4:16-17: And it came to pass from that time forth, [that] the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers [were] behind all the house of Judah.
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