Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 17:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 17:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 17:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, David was sitting in his nice house and noticed that God's special box, the Ark of the Covenant, was just in a tent, and he thought this wasn’t fair. David wanted to make sure that God's home was just as nice as his own.

1 Chronicles 17:1: Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

While 1 Chronicles 17:1 mentions David's desire to build a house for the Ark of the Covenant, 1 Kings 8:27 expresses Solomon's awareness that God cannot be contained in a temple made by human hands.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

1 Chronicles 17:1 implies the intention to build a physical dwelling for God, whereas Acts 7:48 highlights that the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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