Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 17:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 17:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 17:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, God warned the people of Israel through wise messengers that they needed to change their ways, but they didn't listen. So, God allowed their enemies to take them far from their home as a consequence.

2 Kings 17:23: Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:20

This verse says that the LORD rejected the entire descendants of Israel and afflicted them, yet 2 Kings 17:23 emphasizes that Israel was removed from God's sight specifically, suggesting a different action by God.

2 Kings 17:20: And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:18

States that the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight, which supports 2 Kings 17:23, but it also mentions Judah left alone, contradicting the idea of total removal as implied in 2 Kings 17:23.

2 Kings 17:18: Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 7:19-20

Suggests that if Israel turns away, they will be cast out, which supports removal but implies it's conditional on Israel’s actions, whereas 2 Kings 17:23 presents it as fulfilled without explicitly mentioning the condition.

2 Chronicles 7:19-20: But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
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