Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 4:36

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 4:36 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 4:36. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, God used Elisha to bring a little boy back to life, and Elisha told the boy's mother that her son was alive again. This shows that God can do amazing things to help and care for people.

2 Kings 4:36: And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:22

States that all die in Adam, contrasting with the restoration of life in 2 Kings 4:36.

1 Corinthians 15:22: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:2

Declares a time to be born and a time to die, suggesting fixed times unlike the reversal in 2 Kings 4:36.

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up [that which is] planted; [to be...: Heb. to bear]

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:27

Indicates it is appointed for men to die once, contradicting the revival in 2 Kings 4:36.

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

Contradiction with Job 7:9-10

Describes death as a permanent state with no return, opposing the outcome in 2 Kings 4:36.

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

Says that thoughts perish when someone dies, incompatible with the boy's revival in 2 Kings 4:36.

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