Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 7:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 7:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 7:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, the priests and Levites played music and blew trumpets to worship God because His love lasts forever. Everyone in Israel stood together to praise God.

2 Chronicles 7:6: And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. [by their...: Heb. by their hand]

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-23

Amos condemns ritualistic worship and sacrifices without genuine devotion, whereas 2 Chronicles 7:6 describes the ritualistic worship of God with musical instruments and burnt offerings.

Amos 5:21-23: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11-15

Isaiah criticizes the abundance of sacrifices and offerings, stating God does not delight in them, which contrasts with the celebratory sacrifices and offerings in 2 Chronicles 7:6.

Isaiah 1:11-15: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Hosea emphasizes mercy and knowledge of God over burnt offerings, contradicting the focus on sacrifices in 2 Chronicles 7:6.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23

Jeremiah states that God did not command burnt offerings or sacrifices when He brought Israel out of Egypt, conflicting with the sacrificial practices described in 2 Chronicles 7:6.

Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
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