Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 23:5
2 Kings 23:5 contradicts following 8 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of 2 Kings 23:5 for quick understanding.
2 Kings 23:5: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. [put...: Heb. caused to cease] [idolatrous...: Heb. Chemarim] [planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Exodus 20:3 | Thou shalt have no other gods before me. |
| 2. | Exodus 20:5 | Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; |
| 3. | Deuteronomy 4:19 | And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. [divided: or, imparted] |
| 4. | Deuteronomy 17:3 | And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; |
| 5. | 2 Kings 10:27 | And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. |
| 6. | 2 Kings 23:19 | And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. |
| 7. | Job 31:26 | If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; [sun: Heb. light] [in...: Heb. bright] |
| 8. | Jeremiah 7:9 | Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; |
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