Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 39:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 39:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 39:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, when the king of Judah, Zedekiah, saw the enemy soldiers, he and his soldiers got scared and ran away at night through a secret path. They tried to escape using a hidden gate near the garden and went out to the open land.

Jeremiah 39:4: And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 52:7

Jeremiah 52:7 states that the men of war fled by night, which does not mention the specific location details and Zedekiah's direction as mentioned in Jeremiah 39:4.

Jeremiah 52:7: Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 25:4

This verse mentions fleeing by way of the plain, without specifying through the king's garden as in Jeremiah 39:4, offering a different detail of the escape route.

2 Kings 25:4: And the city was broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which [is] by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees [were] against the city round about:) and [the king] went the way toward the plain.
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