Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 3:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 3:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 3:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Chronicles, Solomon made the big house very beautiful by using strong wood and covering it with shiny gold. He also decorated it with palm trees and chains to make it look special and fancy.

2 Chronicles 3:5: And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:29

While 2 Chronicles 3:5 mentions the walls of the house being covered with fir wood and overlaid with fine gold, 1 Kings 6:29 describes the walls as being carved with figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, with no mention of fir wood or overlaying with gold in the same context.

1 Kings 6:29: And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. [open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers]
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