Science & Scripture

2 Chronicles

passages

6

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Old Testament · passages in 2 Chronicles compared with current science.

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• A circle with a 10-unit diameter has a circumference of exactly 30 units.

  2 Chronicles 4:2

  What it means: The mathematical constant pi (π) equals about 3.14159, not 3.

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• One man addressed an audience of 1.2 million people at once — without any amplification technology.

  2 Chronicles 13:3-4

  What it means: The unamplified human voice maxes out at about 90 decibels and becomes unintelligible beyond roughly 100-150 meters outdoors.

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• Half a million soldiers were killed in a single battle in the ancient Near East around 900 BCE.

  2 Chronicles 13:16-17

  What it means: 2 Chronicles reports that 500,000 men fell in a single battle in the ancient Near East.

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• One million enemy soldiers were killed in a single battle in ancient Africa around 900 BCE.

  2 Chronicles 14:8-14

  What it means: 2 Chronicles reports King Asa’s army destroying an invading host of one million.

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• Burning incense without proper authorization can cause leprosy to spontaneously erupt on your forehead.

  2 Chronicles 26:19-21

  What it means: Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is caused by the slow-growing bacterium Mycobacterium leprae.

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• One ruler in the 6th century BCE controlled every single kingdom on the entire planet.

  2 Chronicles 36:22-23

  What it means: 2 Chronicles says the Lord gave Cyrus of Persia all the kingdoms of the earth.

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