Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 15:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 15:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 15:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the person speaking made a promise to God. They said that if God helped them return to Jerusalem, they would worship and follow Him.

2 Samuel 15:8: For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:37

Jesus teaches to let your communication be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No,’ contradicting Absalom's complicated oath involving deception.

Matthew 5:37: But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Contradiction with James 5:12

Encourages believers not to swear oaths, which contradicts Absalom's use of an oath in 2 Samuel 15:8.

James 5:12: But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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