2 Chronicles
Introduction

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11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36

Contradictions
Injustice
Absurdities
Cruelty and Violence
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Absurdity in 2 Chronicles

  1. Solomon enlists a huge workforce (over 150,000 men) to construct a small chapel. (See 1 Kg.6:2 where the dimensions of the building are given as approximately 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.) 2:2

  2. "Remember the mercies of David." But David was anything but merciful. For some examples of his behavior see 2 Sam.12:31 and 1 Chr.20:3 where he saws, hacks, and burns to death the inhabitants of several cities. 6:42

  3. "When Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices." 7:1

  4. Solomon, when dedicating the temple, killed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. 7:5

  5. Abijah spoke to 1,200,000 soldiers at one time. (He had a really loud voice.) 13:3-4

  6. A half million soldiers die in a single God-assisted slaughter. 13:16-17

  7. In the largest single God-assisted massacre in the bible, Asa, with God's help, kills one million Ethiopians. 14:8-14

  8. According to this verse, Baasha fought with Judah in the 36th year of Asa's reign, yet 1 Kg.16:6-8 says that Baasha died in the 26th year of Asa's reign. So if both stories are true, Baasha was still fighting 10 years after his death! 16:1

  9. "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro ..." 16:9

  10. Asa, when he had a foot disease, went to physicians instead of seeking the Lord. (God disapproves of those who seek medical help rather than "seeking the Lord.") 16:12

  11. Jehoram began to reign after Elijah went to heaven (2 Kg.2:11, 8:16), so how could King Jehoram receive a letter from him? 21:9, 12

  12. Jehoram was 32 years old when he began to reign and he reigned for eight years and then died (a 40 years old). After his death, his youngest son Ahaziah began to reign at the age of 42 (22:1-2). So the son (Ahaziah) was two years older than his father! 21:20, 22:1-2

  13. God makes Uzziah a leper for burning incense without a license. 26:19-21

  14. Pekah killed 120,000 people in one day. 28:6, 8

  15. An eight year-old king (Jehoiachin) did "evil in the sight of the Lord." 36:9

  16. "The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up." Now how's that for a strange ending? Actually, the last two verses from 2 Chronicles are taken from the first few verses of Ezra. It just happens that whoever decided to tack these verses on (for whatever reason) forgot to finish the sentence! 36:22-23