Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 23:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 23:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 23:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, King Josiah wanted to make things better by getting rid of the places where people were worshiping false gods that King Solomon had built long ago. These places were near Jerusalem, and Josiah thought they were bad because the people were praying to gods that weren't real.

2 Kings 23:13: And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. [the mount...: that is, the mount of Olives]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

This verse states that no other gods should be worshipped, while 2 Kings 23:13 discusses places where other gods were worshipped.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 6:14

Commands not to follow other gods, contrasting with 2 Kings 23:13, where these high places were for foreign gods.

Deuteronomy 6:14: Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which [are] round about you;

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:4-8

Describes Solomon establishing high places for false gods, which contradicts Josiah's actions in 2 Kings 23:13 to desecrate them.

1 Kings 11:4-8: 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 Jeremiah 19:5

Condemns the worship of other gods, contradictory to the scenario of worship described in 2 Kings 23:13.

Jeremiah 19:5: They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire [for] burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake [it], neither came [it] into my mind:

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:9-10

Criticizes idolatry, contrasting Josiah's destruction of idolatrous sites in 2 Kings 23:13.

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]
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