Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 17:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 17:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 17:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, God promised to make a special place, or house, for the person praying, and this made the person feel happy and brave enough to talk to God. It shows how the person trusts God and believes in His promise.

1 Chronicles 17:25: For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee. [hast...: Heb. hast revealed the ear of thy servant]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 6:18

While 1 Chronicles 17:25 expresses God's assurance of fulfilling His promise to David, 2 Chronicles 6:18 questions whether God will indeed dwell with man on earth, highlighting the immense nature of God versus the promise made.

2 Chronicles 6:18: But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

Contradiction with Exodus 20:5

1 Chronicles 17:25 speaks of God's promise, yet Exodus 20:5 shows God as jealous, visiting iniquity on future generations, contrasting the idea of an unchanging promise.

Exodus 20:5: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:7-10

This passage describes God's willingness to change His mind based on the actions of nations, contradicting the certainty of the promise in 1 Chronicles 17:25.

Jeremiah 18:7-10: [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

1 Chronicles 17:25 refers to God's specific promise to David, whereas Numbers 23:19 emphasizes God's lack of need to repent, suggesting His actions are unchangeable, which could imply any perceived changes are misunderstood.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:17-18

The certainty of God's promises in Hebrews underscores their unchangeable nature, which can contradict the perceived conditionality seen in other scriptures that question the fulfillment of God's word in 1 Chronicles 17:25.

Hebrews 6:17-18: Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by an oath: [confirmed...: Gr. interposed himself by]
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