Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 8:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 8:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 8:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Kings, the woman came back after seven years and asked the king for help to get her house and land back. She had left her home, and now she needed the king's help to get it again.

2 Kings 8:3: And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 9:7

Contradiction: 2 Kings 8:3 involves restitution of property to the woman, while 2 Samuel 9:7 speaks of Mephibosheth being provided for continually, without losing his inheritance in the first place.

2 Samuel 9:7: And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:42

Contradiction: 2 Kings 8:3 involves a legal plea for restitution, whereas Matthew 5:42 encourages giving to those who ask without expecting anything in return.

Matthew 5:42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:11

Contradiction: 2 Kings 8:3 describes a request for restoration of material possessions, but Philippians 4:11 expresses a teaching of contentment irrespective of material circumstances.

Philippians 4:11: Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.
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