Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 13:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 13:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 13:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, when the special box of God's rules, called the Ark, stayed at Obededom's house for three months, God made everything in Obededom's family very happy and successful. It's like when you do something good, and exciting things happen to you and your family.

1 Chronicles 13:14: And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 15:13

This verse explains that the LORD "made a breach upon us" because they sought him not after the due order, while 1 Chronicles 13:14 indicates that the house of Obed-Edom was blessed due to the presence of the ark.

1 Chronicles 15:13: For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 6:7-8

Describes how God struck Uzzah dead for touching the ark, contrary to the blessing described in 1 Chronicles 13:14.

2 Samuel 6:7-8: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for [his] error; and there he died by the ark of God. [error: or, rashness]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 6:19

Reports that God smote the men of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark, which contrasts with the blessing of Obed-Edom's house in 1 Chronicles 13:14.

1 Samuel 6:19: And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.

Contradiction with Numbers 4:15

Warns that touching holy things, including the ark, would result in death, whereas the presence of the ark brought blessings to Obed-Edom's house.

Numbers 4:15: And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 5:13-14

When the priests could not stand to minister due to the glory of the LORD filling the house, different from the continual blessing at Obed-Edom's house.

2 Chronicles 5:13-14: It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 5:1-4

The presence of the ark in the temple of Dagon caused the fall and destruction of Dagon’s statue, unlike the positive effect of blessing at Obed-Edom's house described in 1 Chronicles 13:14.

1 Samuel 5:1-4: And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.

Contradiction with Judges 13:22

Manosh feared they would die after seeing God, while in 1 Chronicles 13:14, the presence of a divine object, the Ark, brings blessings.

Judges 13:22: And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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