Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 3:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 3:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 3:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, the people saw something red and thought it was blood, so they believed the enemy kings had fought each other and were all gone. They were so sure of this that they decided to go and take everything left behind.

2 Kings 3:23: And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. [slain: Heb. destroyed]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:30

States that there is no wisdom or understanding against the LORD, contradicting the mistaken assumption in 2 Kings 3:23.

Proverbs 21:30: [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Contradiction with Psalms 118:8

Emphasizes trust in the LORD rather than in man's understanding, contrasting the Moabites' assumption.

Psalms 118:8: [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:9

Asserts God's ways and thoughts are higher than human ways, opposing the Moabites' misjudgment.

Isaiah 55:9: For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

Declares that man's way is not in himself, countering the false conclusion drawn by the Moabites.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

States that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, challenging the Moabites' earthly reasoning.

1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Contradiction with Job 12:24

Suggests that God takes away the understanding of leaders, paralleling the Moabite error in judgment.

Job 12:24: He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.

Contradiction with Isaiah 44:25

References God frustrating deceivers' tokens, aligning with the wrongful interpretation by the Moabites in 2 Kings 3:23.

Isaiah 44:25: That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
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