Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 8:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 8:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 8:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, King Joram took his army and went to fight the Edomites at night. Joram and his soldiers surprised the Edomites, and after the fight, everyone went back to their camps.

2 Kings 8:21: So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 8:13

This verse attributes the defeat of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt to David, not Jehoram as in 2 Kings 8:21.

2 Samuel 8:13: And David gat [him] a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men]. [smiting: Heb. his smiting]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 18:12

It states that Abishai, not Jehoram, defeated 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt, differing from 2 Kings 8:21's account.

1 Chronicles 18:12: Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. [Abishai: Heb. Abshai]

Paradox #1

2 Kings 8:21 describes a battle involving King Jehoram of Judah. A contradiction or inconsistency arises when comparing this with 2 Chronicles 21:9, where the same event is described. The accounts differ slightly in details about the battle and its outcomes. Such discrepancies can create confusion about the precise historical events.

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