Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 6:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 6:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 6:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the understanding of the author of Chronicles, this verse means that Solomon is asking God to listen to his prayers and to pay attention when he talks to Him. Solomon wants God to hear and care about the things he is asking for.

2 Chronicles 6:19: Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

Contradiction with James 4:3

James 4:3 states that prayers may not be answered if asked with wrong motives, implying conditions for prayer, whereas 2 Chronicles 6:19 shows Solomon's plea for God's attention to prayers without such conditions.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:8

Matthew 6:8 notes that God knows what you need before you ask, suggesting a lack of necessity for prayer, unlike 2 Chronicles 6:19, which emphasizes the act of prayer.

Matthew 6:8: Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
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