Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 16:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 16:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 16:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, King Ahaz told the priest Urijah to use a special altar for all the important offerings and sacrifices that everyone, including the king, was giving to God. The king wanted the old altar to be just for him to ask for guidance.

2 Kings 16:15: And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire [by].

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

This verse commands to have no other gods, contradicting Ahaz's actions in adopting a foreign altar for worship.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 16:2-3

It states that Ahaz did not do right in the sight of the Lord, which contradicts his actions in relation to building an altar.

2 Kings 16:2-3: Twenty years old [was] Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:13-14

These verses command that burnt offerings should only be made in designated places chosen by God, conflicting with Ahaz offering sacrifices on a new altar.

Deuteronomy 12:13-14: Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of sacrifices if not done with the right heart, a contradiction to Ahaz's focus on ritual without true devotion.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

God desires mercy and knowledge of Him more than burnt offerings, contradicting the ritualistic approach Ahaz took.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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