Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 15:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 15:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 15:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, this verse tells us that if we want to learn more about what King Zachariah did, we can read about it in another book that has stories of all the kings of Israel. It’s like having another book that keeps more details about what happened during his time as king.

2 Kings 15:11: And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:19

This verse states that "the lip of truth shall be established for ever," which contradicts with any implication that the acts of the kings could be contradictory or not fully truthful as recorded.

Proverbs 12:19: The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 12:14

This verse mentions that every work is brought into judgment, which contradicts with the notion that the acts of Menahem might not be fully accounted for in a just manner as in 2 Kings 15:11.

Ecclesiastes 12:14: For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Describes the heart as deceitful, which could contradict the recording of events if taken as completely truthful and without bias as 2 Kings 15:11 suggests.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 29:29

Indicates where other acts are written, which could contradict the sufficiency of recordings in 2 Kings.

1 Chronicles 29:29: Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, [book: or, history: Heb. words]
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