Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 52:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 52:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 52:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, King Solomon made very heavy and special things for God's house, like big pillars and statues of bulls, and they were made of so much brass that you couldn't even weigh it. It shows how grand and important God's house was, filled with precious things.

Jeremiah 52:20: The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that [were] under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. [the brass: Heb. their brass]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:15

Contradicts as 1 Kings 7:15 mentions the height of one pillar as eighteen cubits, while Jeremiah 52:20 refers to the bronze pillars but does not specify the height.

1 Kings 7:15: For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. [cast: Heb. fashioned]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 25:16

Contradicts by mentioning the weight and size of the bronze used without specific pillar dimensions, unlike the detailed reference to height in Jeremiah 52:20.

2 Kings 25:16: The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. [one...: Heb. the one sea]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 3:15

Details two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, which contradicts the understanding of height for such structures compared to the silence of height in Jeremiah 52:20.

2 Chronicles 3:15: Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits. [high: Heb. long]
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