Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Chronicles 8:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Chronicles 8:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of the book, Solomon traveled to places by the sea called Eziongeber and Eloth in the land of Edom. He went there to see the land and maybe to make new plans or friendships.
2 Chronicles 8:17: Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. [Eloth: also called, Elath]
Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:26
1 Kings 9:26 states that Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, an action not directly mentioned in 2 Chronicles 8:17, which refers to Solomon going to Eziongeber and Eloth.
1 Kings 9:26: And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which [is] beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. [shore: Heb. lip]
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