Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 8:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 8:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 8:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse tells us that Solomon followed God's rules by giving special gifts and prayers on special days. These special days included weekly rest days, new moon days, and three big celebrations every year.

2 Chronicles 8:13: Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

Emphasizes obedience over sacrifice, potentially contradicting the need for specified offerings.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Prioritizes mercy and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings, which may contrast with required sacrifices.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Stresses mercy over sacrifice, challenging the necessity for offering specified in 2 Chronicles 8:13.

Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the value of numerous sacrifices, which could contradict the mandated offerings in 2 Chronicles 8:13.

Isaiah 1:11: 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 Hebrews 10:8

Suggests that God takes no pleasure in sacrifices, which contrasts with their importance in 2 Chronicles 8:13.

Hebrews 10:8: Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
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