Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 35:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 35:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 35:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 2 Chronicles, King Josiah celebrated Passover, a special festival, to honor God in the city of Jerusalem. On the fourteenth day of the first month, they prepared a special meal as part of this celebration.

2 Chronicles 35:1: Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:48

This verse states that no uncircumcised person may eat the Passover, implying stricter participation conditions than 2 Chronicles 35:1.

Exodus 12:48: And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 23:22

This verse suggests that the Passover had not been kept in such a manner since the days of the judges, contradicting the preparation described in 2 Chronicles 35:1 as if it was a regular event.

2 Kings 23:22: Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 30:2-3

This passage indicates that Hezekiah's Passover was kept in the second month due to uncleanness, which differs from Josiah's Passover being kept in the first month as described in 2 Chronicles 35:1.

2 Chronicles 30:2-3: For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
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