Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 19:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 19:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 19:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the authors of the Book of Kings, this verse is asking about the kings of different places who were all defeated. It’s a way to show that God is very powerful and that people should trust God because other kings couldn’t save their own cities.

2 Kings 19:13: Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

Contradiction with 2 Kings 19:35

Contradicts 2 Kings 19:13 as the former describes the miraculous defeat of the Assyrians, showcasing divine intervention, whereas 2 Kings 19:13 lists the seemingly unstoppable conquests by Assyrian kings.

2 Kings 19:35: And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
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