Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 24:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 24:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 24:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, God was very angry with the people in Jerusalem and Judah, so He let bad things happen, like Zedekiah going against the king of Babylon. This was because they didn't listen to God and did not do what was right.

2 Kings 24:20: For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 24:3-4

These verses describe how the Lord allowed judgment because of Manasseh's sins, indicating a longer-standing reason for God's anger rather than just Zedekiah's actions mentioned in 2 Kings 24:20.

2 Kings 24:3-4: Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 36:12-13

These verses attribute the cause of the Lord's anger to Zedekiah's refusal to humble himself before Jeremiah and break his covenant with Nebuchadnezzar, which contrasts with the more generalized statement in 2 Kings 24:20.

2 Chronicles 36:12-13: And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God, [and] humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of the LORD.
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