Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 9:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 9:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 9:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, Jezebel heard that Jehu was coming, so she put makeup on her eyes and fixed her hair to look fancy when she looked out the window. This was her way of trying to stay in control and look powerful.

2 Kings 9:30: And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. [painted...: Heb. put her eyes in painting]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

While 2 Kings 9:30 highlights Jezebel adorning herself for outward appearance, 1 Samuel 16:7 emphasizes that God values the heart over outward appearance.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

2 Kings 9:30 discusses Jezebel's use of makeup for external beauty, whereas 1 Peter 3:3-4 advises focusing on inner beauty rather than outward adornment.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Jezebel seeks to enhance her beauty with cosmetics in 2 Kings 9:30, while Proverbs 31:30 states that charm and physical beauty are fleeting, and value lies in fearing the Lord.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27-28

Jezebel's outward adornment contrasts with Matthew 23:27-28, where Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for being outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt.

Matthew 23:27-28: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.
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