Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 17:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 17:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 17:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse means that God promises to keep a special place for someone in His house and kingdom forever. It also means that this person's rule or leadership will last forever.

1 Chronicles 17:14: But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 13:13-14

This verse says that God had rejected Saul and sought a man “after his own heart” to lead his people, suggesting that kingship is conditional, unlike the unconditional promise of an everlasting throne in 1 Chronicles 17:14.

1 Samuel 13:13-14: And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:14-15

Here God states He will chasten David's successors for their sins, which suggests divine conditions, while 1 Chronicles 17:14 suggests an everlasting kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:14-15: I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:11-13

God tells Solomon that the kingdom will be torn from him, which introduces the possibility of a king's line being punished and kingdom divided, contrary to the unconditional promise in 1 Chronicles 17:14.

1 Kings 11:11-13: Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. [is done...: Heb. is with thee]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 22:30

God declares that Jehoiachin will not prosper and none of his descendants will sit on David’s throne, which contradicts the promise of an everlasting throne in 1 Chronicles 17:14.

Jeremiah 22:30: Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Contradiction with Hosea 3:4-5

Predicts a time without king or prince for Israel, suggesting a disruption, while 1 Chronicles 17:14 promises an everlasting establishment of the throne.

Hosea 3:4-5: For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim: [image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar]
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