Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 23:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 23:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 23:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 2 Kings, King Josiah cleaned up the bad things in his land, such as magic and fake gods, to follow God's rules from a book they found in God's temple. He wanted to make sure everyone would do what was right and listen to God.

2 Kings 23:24: Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. [images: or, teraphim]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits the making of graven images, while 2 Kings 23:24 highlights Josiah's action in removing such images, which aligns rather than contradicts.

Exodus 20:4: 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 Jeremiah 44:17

The people claim allegiance to the Queen of Heaven, contradicting Josiah's cleansing of idolatry in 2 Kings 23:24.

Jeremiah 44:17: But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for [then] had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. [queen...: or, frame of heaven] [victuals: Heb. bread]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 15:12

Describes a similar action of removing sodomites and idols, which corresponds but may suggest inconsistency in the need for repeated reforms.

1 Kings 15:12: And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 33:9

Manasseh leads Judah into idolatry, opposing Josiah's purging efforts.

2 Chronicles 33:9: So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, [and] to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Acts 19:19

New Testament believers burn magic books, similar to Josiah's actions; however, this agreement exemplifies enduring idolatry challenge.

Acts 19:19: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.
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