Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 25:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 25:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 25:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Kings, after the king of Babylon took many people away, he chose a man named Gedaliah to be in charge of the people who stayed behind in Judah. It's like when someone is picked to be the leader while the main leader is away.

2 Kings 25:22: And [as for] the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 40:7

This verse contradicts 2 Kings 25:22 by describing the allegiance of the captains of the forces in the fields and their report to Gedaliah, implying a more established governance than implied in 2 Kings 25:22.

Jeremiah 40:7: Now when all the captains of the forces which [were] in the fields, [even] they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
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