Contradiction with 1 Samuel 13:1
This verse suggests a chronological discrepancy with the reigns of leaders mentioned.
1 Samuel 13:1: Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, [reigned one...: Heb. the son of one year in his reigning]
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 23:24
The order and inclusion of the warriors differ from the account in 1 Chronicles 11.
2 Samuel 23:24: Asahel the brother of Joab [was] one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 11:11
The number of mighty men cited in the list contradicts other lists in the Bible.
1 Chronicles 11:11: And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time. [an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni]
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 21:19
The account of who killed Goliath diverges from other descriptions of warriors' feats.
2 Samuel 21:19: And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam. [Jaareoregim: or, Jair]
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 27:7
Differences in military organization noted between the two accounts.
1 Chronicles 27:7: The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.