Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 6:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 6:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 6:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, if the people do wrong and there is no rain because of it, they should pray, say sorry to God, and stop doing bad things for God to help them again. It teaches that asking God for forgiveness and trying to be good can make things better.

2 Chronicles 6:26: When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; [yet] if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; [toward...: or, in this place]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 14:14

This verse, which mentions that even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in a land, they could only deliver themselves by their righteousness and not necessarily bring rain, contradicts the idea in 2 Chronicles 6:26 that obedience and prayer can result in rain for the entire nation.

Ezekiel 14:14: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

Contradiction with Job 38:26-27

These verses suggest that God provides rain independently of human actions or righteousness, contradicting 2 Chronicles 6:26, which implies that rain is withheld or granted based on human behavior.

Job 38:26-27: To cause it to rain on the earth, [where] no man [is; on] the wilderness, wherein [there is] no man;

Contradiction with Matthew 5:45

This verse emphasizes that God sends rain on the just and the unjust alike, which contradicts the notion in 2 Chronicles 6:26 that a lack of rain is directly related to human sin or righteousness.

Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Paradox #1

The possible contradiction in 2 Chronicles 6:26 could be the idea of punishing a group of people with drought as a consequence of sin, which may seem unfair if some affected did not commit the wrongdoing. This raises questions about collective punishment and individual responsibility.

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