Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 16:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 16:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 16:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 2 Kings, King Ahaz changed the way some of God's special things were set up in the temple, moving them around because he wasn’t following God’s instructions properly. This shows that he was not being a good king by not listening to God’s rules.

2 Kings 16:17: And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that [were] under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 28:24

This verse states that Ahaz gathered the vessels of the house of God, broke them, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, which contradicts 2 Kings 16:17 that mentions Ahaz removing bases and laver from the temple to appease the king of Assyria, not breaking them.

2 Chronicles 28:24: And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

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