Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 5:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 5:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 5:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the special cloud showed that God was there in a big way, so powerful that the priests couldn’t stay inside. It was like God’s super bright and wonderful presence filled the whole place.

2 Chronicles 5:14: So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

Contradiction with Exodus 33:20

God tells Moses that no man can see His face and live, indicating a frightened distance rather than a filling presence.

Exodus 33:20: And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

Solomon acknowledges that God cannot be contained in a temple, contrasting the filling of the house by the glory of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:24

God's omnipresence suggests a differing concept of God's presence filling a specific place like the temple.

Jeremiah 23:24: Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:1

The Lord declares that heaven is His throne and the earth is His footstool, stressing the vastness of His presence against being localized to the temple.

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 7:48-49

Stephen reiterates that the Most High does not dwell in temples made by hands, contradicting the temple being filled with the glory of the Lord.

Acts 7:48-49: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
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