Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 3:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 3:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 3:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, this verse tells us that a special building was made very beautiful and shiny with gold everywhere, and it even had special angels called cherubims carved on the walls. This was to show that the place was very important and special to God.

2 Chronicles 3:7: He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

2 Chronicles 3:7 describes the decoration of the temple with gold, while Exodus 20:4 warns against making graven images as part of worship.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

2 Chronicles 3:7 involves laying up treasures and precious items like gold in the temple, whereas Matthew 6:19 advises against storing treasures on earth.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:1

2 Chronicles 3:7 emphasizes the grandeur of the temple, while Isaiah 66:1 suggests that a physical temple cannot contain God, implying that physical adornment is unnecessary.

Isaiah 66:1: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

2 Chronicles 3:7 describes the temple's physical splendor, contradicting Acts 17:24 which states that God does not dwell in temples made by hands.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:4

2 Chronicles 3:7 implies the glory of the temple, but Jeremiah 7:4 cautions not to trust in the presence of the temple as a guarantee of divine favor.

Jeremiah 7:4: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.
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