Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 23:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 23:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 23:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, this verse tells us that a king destroyed a special altar and place where people were worshipping wrongly. He broke it all into tiny pieces to show they should only worship God the right way.

2 Kings 23:15: Moreover the altar that [was] at Bethel, [and] the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, [and] stamped [it] small to powder, and burned the grove.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 13:2-3

These verses predict that a Josiah would one day destroy this altar, which aligns with 2 Kings 23:15 describing the fulfillment rather than contradicting.

1 Kings 13:2-3: And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 34:5-7

Here, Josiah's actions echo those described in 2 Kings 23:15, matching rather than contradicting.

2 Chronicles 34:5-7: And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 48:35

This verse talks about removing high places, which is part of the same reform process described in 2 Kings 23:15, not a contradiction.

Jeremiah 48:35: Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 12:28-30

Although it describes the establishment of a rival worship system, which conflicts with reforms, it's historical context, not a contradiction of events in 2 Kings 23:15, which describes the undoing of such idolatry.

1 Kings 12:28-30: Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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