Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 5:3

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

According to the author of the book of 2 Chronicles, all the men from Israel came together to be with the king during a special party that happened in the seventh month. This gathering was important because it was a time to celebrate and be with God.

2 Chronicles 5:3: Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:2

This verse states that the feast occurred in the seventh month, which aligns with 2 Chronicles 5:3, so it is not a contradiction but rather a companion reference.

1 Kings 8:2: And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which [is] the seventh month.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:18

Indicates that certain observances are in the first month, contradicting the timing in the seventh month in 2 Chronicles 5:3.

Exodus 12:18: In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Contradiction with Numbers 9:1-3

Describes events and a ceremonial gathering in the first month, in contrast to the seventh-month gathering in 2 Chronicles 5:3.

Numbers 9:1-3: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:5-6

Details a festival in the first month, establishing a contradiction in timing with the seventh-month festival in 2 Chronicles 5:3.

Leviticus 23:5-6: In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 45:18

Discusses a festival in the first month, conflicting with the seventh month in 2 Chronicles 5:3.

Ezekiel 45:18: Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
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