Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 12:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 12:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 12:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, the priests agreed to stop taking money from the people so they wouldn't have to fix the temple anymore. They wanted to make sure everything was fair and done right.

2 Kings 12:8: And the priests consented to receive no [more] money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 12:11

This verse contradicts 2 Kings 12:8 by showing that the priests eventually do receive money, whereas 2 Kings 12:8 reflects the decision to stop giving them money initially.

2 Kings 12:11: And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, [laid...: Heb. brought it forth]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 12:9

Contradiction arises because in 2 Kings 12:9 the priests are instructed to collect money in a chest, differing from 2 Kings 12:8 where they are told not to receive money.

2 Kings 12:9: But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD. [door: Heb. threshold]
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