Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 18:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 18:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 18:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, this verse means that the person stayed very close to God and always did what God asked, just like God told Moses to do. It's like always listening to and following a trusted parent's advice.

2 Kings 18:6: For he clave to the LORD, [and] departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. [from...: Heb. from after him]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 16:2-4

Contradicts Hezekiah's faithfulness by describing Ahaz's unfaithfulness and idolatry.

2 Kings 16:2-4: 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 2 Kings 21:1-3

Manasseh, Hezekiah's son, did evil in contrast to Hezekiah's faithfulness.

2 Kings 21:1-3: Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hephzibah.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:4

Solomon's heart was turned away from the Lord, unlike Hezekiah's steadfastness.

1 Kings 11:4: For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

Contradiction with Numbers 14:22

Israelites' constant testing and disobedience contrast Hezekiah's obedience.

Numbers 14:22: Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Contradiction with Judges 2:17

Israel's failure to hearken contrasts with Hezekiah's adherence to God's commandments.

Judges 2:17: And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; [but] they did not so.
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