Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 15:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 15:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 15:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, this verse tells us that a king named Pekahiah started to rule over Israel when another king, Azariah, had been the ruler in Judah for 50 years. Pekahiah was the son of a king named Menahem and was king for two years.

2 Kings 15:23: In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, [and reigned] two years.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 18:1-3

While 2 Kings 15:23 discusses the reign of Pekahiah, son of Menahem, who did evil in the sight of the Lord, 2 Kings 18:1-3 speaks of Hezekiah, king of Judah, who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.

2 Kings 18:1-3: Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, [that] Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. [Hezekiah: he is called Ezekias]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 15:16

In contrast to the brief mention of Pekahiah's reign in 2 Kings 15:23, 2 Kings 15:16 discusses King Menahem's violent actions and reign, showing how different kings handled power differently.

2 Kings 15:16: Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that [were] therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not [to him], therefore he smote [it; and] all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 28:1-4

Describes the reign of Ahaz, who, like Pekahiah, did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord, countering the notion that most kings followed David's righteous path.

2 Chronicles 28:1-4: Ahaz [was] twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
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