Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 15:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 15:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 15:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells us about a group of special helpers who were chosen to take care of important jobs during a big celebration. These helpers were trusted to support and make sure everything went smoothly.

1 Chronicles 15:18: And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 15:19

It contradicts by listing additional musicians not mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 15:19: So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 6:31

It contradicts by naming those appointed over the music versus the doorkeepers mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 6:31: And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 16:4-5

It contradicts by listing a different configuration of Levites and their roles compared to those mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 16:4-5: And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:5

It mentions a larger number of musicians than those indicated in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 23:5: Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 5:12

This verse lists additional Levitical musicians and mentions instruments not referenced in 1 Chronicles 15:18.

2 Chronicles 5:12: Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
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