Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 18:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 18:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 18:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, the important people in King Hezekiah's palace, like Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah, went to the king with their clothes torn because they had heard scary news from a man named Rabshakeh. Tearing their clothes was a way to show they were really worried and upset about what was happening.

2 Kings 18:37: Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 10:4

This verse shows a humiliation by half-shaving beards, contrasting dignified leadership interactions.

2 Samuel 10:4: Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and sent them away.

Contradiction with Isaiah 36:22

Similar event but different representation in Isaiah, discrepancies in narrative order.

Isaiah 36:22: Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with [their] clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:30

Declares God’s wisdom unchallengeable, contrasts political and military consultations.

Proverbs 21:30: [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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