Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 11:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 11:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 11:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse shows that Jehoiada, a good priest, wanted to help everyone be friends with God and each other, like a big family. He made a special promise that the king and the people would follow God together.

2 Kings 11:17: And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-32

This verse speaks of a new covenant unlike the old one, which contradicts the perpetual covenant made in 2 Kings 11:17.

Jeremiah 31:31-32: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:7-8

Suggests the first covenant was flawed, which contradicts the renewed covenant in 2 Kings 11:17.

Hebrews 8:7-8: For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Declares the old covenant obsolete, contradicting the lasting covenant affirmed in 2 Kings 11:17.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:19

Says the law was temporary until Christ came, which contradicts the enduring covenant of 2 Kings 11:17.

Galatians 3:19: Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
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