Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 15:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 15:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 15:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, when God helped the Levites carry the special ark, they gave a big thank you to God by offering seven bulls and seven rams. This showed how grateful they were for God's help.

1 Chronicles 15:26: And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22

These verses indicate that God does not delight in sacrifices, contradicting the implication in 1 Chronicles 15:26 that sacrifices are pleasing to God when the Ark was successfully carried.

Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

This verse suggests that God desires mercy, not sacrifice, which contradicts the act of offering sacrifices in 1 Chronicles 15:26 to seek God's favor.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse indicates that God has no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, contrasting with the positive connotation of sacrifices in 1 Chronicles 15:26.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8

These verses suggest that God requires justice and mercy over sacrifices, questioning the significance of the offerings presented in 1 Chronicles 15:26.

Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]
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