Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Chronicles 8:2

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

According to the author of 2 Chronicles, God helped Solomon make the cities better for the people of Israel to live in. It shows that Solomon was working hard to take care of the Israelites and give them good places to stay.

2 Chronicles 8:2: That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:11

This verse indicates that it was Solomon who gave cities to Hiram, contradicting the notion in 2 Chronicles 8:2 that Hiram gave cities to Solomon.

1 Kings 9:11: ([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

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