Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 19:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 19:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 19:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, this verse is about how the gods of other nations could not save their people from being defeated by strong kings. It shows that these other gods are not real or powerful like the God of the Bible.

2 Kings 19:12: Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Thelasar?

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

1 Kings 8:27 speaks of the greatness of God and how heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain Him, which contrasts with 2 Kings 19:12 that suggests the limited power of destroyed nations' gods, asserting these gods' works have no divine power or presence.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Psalm 115:4-7

These verses describe idols as having mouths but not speaking, eyes but not seeing, ears but not hearing, and contrasts with 2 Kings 19:12 by emphasizing that the gods of the destroyed nations were mere man-made idols, incapable of divine intervention.

Psalm 115:4-7: Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:9-10

These verses highlight the futility of idol-making and contrast with 2 Kings 19:12 by showing that the gods of the nations could not save their people because they hold no real power or deity.

Isaiah 44:9-10: They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. [delectable: Heb. desirable]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5

Jeremiah 10:5 describes idols as being like scarecrows, unable to speak or move and needing to be carried, contradicting 2 Kings 19:12 by underscoring their impotence compared to the living God of Israel.

Jeremiah 10:5: They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.

Contradiction with Acts 17:24-25

These verses emphasize that God does not dwell in temples made with hands and does not need anything from humans, which contradicts the implied power of defeated nations' gods in 2 Kings 19:12 because they suggest human dependency for existence and care.

Acts 17:24-25: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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