Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 5:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 5:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 5:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, this verse tells us about a big group of singers and musicians who were dressed in white clothes and played music with special instruments, like cymbals and harps, to make a joyful sound. They were joined by many priests who blew their trumpets together at a special place in the temple.

2 Chronicles 5:12: Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:34

This verse advises women to keep silent in churches, whereas 2 Chronicles 5:12 describes all Levite singers, possibly including women, participating in worship.

1 Corinthians 14:34: Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:5

States that 4,000 praised the Lord with instruments made by David, which might be seen as a different number/system of music than organized worship detailed in 2 Chronicles 5:12.

1 Chronicles 23:5: Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

Contradiction with Exodus 32:17-18

Describes a scene where singing is mistaken for war, contrasting the orderly and holy nature of the music and singing in 2 Chronicles 5:12.

Exodus 32:17-18: And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, [There is] a noise of war in the camp.

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