Contradiction with Exodus 20:4-5
This verse forbids making carved images and bowing down to them, recognizing the existence of these images as ‘gods’ and the influence they could have on followers, suggesting their recognized power over people's beliefs, contrary to 2 Kings 19:18 that regards them as powerless.
Exodus 20:4-5: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Contradiction with Psalms 135:15-18
This passage suggests that idols cannot see, hear, or speak and are therefore powerless like 2 Kings; however, it implies that those who make or trust them become like them, indicating some level of power these idols hold over people as opposed to being mere destroyed objects.
Psalms 135:15-18: The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:4-6
In this section, Paul acknowledges the existence of so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, suggesting a multitude of ‘gods’ that people believe in, which differs from 2 Kings 19:18 where these gods are described as nonexistent.
1 Corinthians 8:4-6: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5
Unlike 2 Kings that describes the destruction of idols, this verse implies that idols cannot harm or benefit, suggesting they have no power or action at all, indicating a nuanced difference in perception where idols neither harm nor do they get destroyed unless acted upon directly.
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 Habakkuk 2:18-19
The mocking tone of these verses about idols contrasts with the active destruction in 2 Kings 19:18, presenting idols as perpetual in their lifelessness and inertness which does not depict the act of casting into the fire as a commendation.
Habakkuk 2:18-19: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? [maker of...: Heb. fashioner of his fashion]