2 Kings 4:35 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the author of 2 Kings, this story shows that God can do miracles through His prophets. The prophet Elisha helped a boy come back to life, showing God's power and love.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 12:23

This verse implies that the dead cannot return, contradicting the miracle in 2 Kings 4:35 where a child is brought back to life.

2 Samuel 12:23: But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

This verse states it is appointed for men to die once, suggesting a finality to death, which contrasts with the resurrection in 2 Kings 4:35.

Hebrews 9:27: And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5

It declares the dead know nothing and lack any activity, conflicting with the resurrection event in 2 Kings 4:35.

Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Contradiction with Job 7:9-10

Here it is claimed that those who go down to the grave do not return, contrasting with the revival of the child in 2 Kings 4:35.

Job 7:9-10: [As] the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no [more].

Contradiction with Psalm 146:4

This verse suggests when a person dies, their plans perish, contrasting the notion of returning to life in 2 Kings 4:35.

Psalm 146:4: His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

Contradiction with John 11:39

Suggests decay begins after death, questioning the feasibility of the child's revival in 2 Kings 4:35.

John 11:39: Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.

Paradox #1

The contradiction in the event described could be the revival of a child from death through physical actions. In reality, modern science does not recognize the possibility of bringing a deceased person back to life through such means, as death is typically understood as the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain life.