Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 25:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 25:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 25:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of 2 Kings, the heavy and important things made by Solomon for God’s house were so big and strong that no one could even weigh all the metal used to make them. This shows how magnificent and special they were.

2 Kings 25:16: The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. [one...: Heb. the one sea]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 36:18

This verse mentions that all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, were taken by the king of Babylon, without specifying the materials or specific items as listed in 2 Kings 25:16.

2 Chronicles 36:18: And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.

Contradiction with Ezra 1:7-11

While 2 Kings 25:16 details items taken to Babylon, Ezra describes the return of these items from Babylon under Cyrus, with some variation in item lists and quantities.

Ezra 1:7-11: Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 52:17

This verse describes the removal of bronze items from the temple. It mentions the two pillars, the sea, and bases, aligned with 2 Kings 25:16 but might differ in the order or emphasis compared to the narrative in Kings.

Jeremiah 52:17: Also the pillars of brass that [were] in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [was] in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
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