Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 2:9

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

According to the author of Judges, this verse tells us that when Joshua died, his friends buried him in a special place in the land he got from God. This shows that Joshua was loved and honored by his people.

Judges 2:9: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. [Timnathhares: also called, Timnathserah]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 23:16-18

These verses describe the bones of a prophet being buried in Bethel, contradicting Judges 2:9 where the burial is in Mount Ephraim.

2 Kings 23:16-18: And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
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