2 Chronicles 6:17 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the speaker is asking God to keep a promise He made to David. They want to see what God promised actually happen, showing that God keeps His word.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

Jesus states that he came to fulfill the law and the prophets, not to destroy them, suggesting a new fulfillment beyond the promises to David.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:16

Paul explains that God's promises were made to Abraham and his seed, defined singularly as Christ, suggesting a broader or differing interpretation from Solomon's focus on David's lineage.

Galatians 3:16: Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Contradiction with Hebrews 7:12

Notes a change in the law with a change in priesthood, indicating shifting covenants which could suggest broader divine plans beyond the specific promises to David.

Hebrews 7:12: For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-32

Foretells a new covenant differing from that made with the ancestors, suggesting a contradiction with the enduring covenant focus with David's line.

Jeremiah 31:31-32: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Ezekiel 21:27

Prophecies the overturning of established order "until he comes whose right it is", potentially implying change or contradiction to the surety of David's promises stated in 2 Chronicles 6:17.

Ezekiel 21:27: I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no [more], until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him]. [I will overturn...: Heb. Perverted, perverted, perverted, will I make it]

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:7-8

Speaks of finding fault with the first covenant and the promise of a new one, suggesting a revision or contradiction to the enduring nature of promises mentioned in 2 Chronicles 6:17.