Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 6:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 6:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 6:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of 2 Kings, this story shows how a man was worried because he lost an axe that wasn’t his, and he needed help to get it back. It tells us that God cares about helping us with our problems, even small ones.

2 Kings 6:5: But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. [axe head: Heb. iron]

Contradiction with Proverbs 22:26-27

These verses advise against being surety for debts, which contradicts taking on a borrowing situation as seen in 2 Kings 6:5.

Proverbs 22:26-27: Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

Advises not to worry about material needs, in contrast to the concern over losing a borrowed ax head in 2 Kings 6:5.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

Encourages not worrying about tomorrow's troubles, contrary to the concern expressed over the lost ax head in 2 Kings 6:5.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:6

Advises not to be anxious about anything, whereas 2 Kings 6:5 shows anxiety over the lost ax head.

Philippians 4:6: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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