Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 13:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 13:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 13:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, David was scared of God and didn't know how to safely bring the special ark to his home. He worried about doing it the right way to make God happy.

1 Chronicles 13:12: And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me?

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 6:9

In this verse, David expresses fear toward God for the same event, but it emphasizes his reluctance to bring the Ark to his city whereas 1 Chronicles 13:12 highlights David's fear of God more broadly without specifying reluctance.

2 Samuel 6:9: And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 15:25-26

This passage shows David celebrating and bringing the Ark with joy, which contradicts his earlier fear mentioned in 1 Chronicles 13:12.

1 Chronicles 15:25-26: So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

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