Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 21:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 21:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 21:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, God sent a message through an angel to tell Gad, a prophet, to instruct David to build a special place to worship God on Ornan's land. This shows that David should listen to God and do what He says to make things right.

1 Chronicles 21:18: Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:18

2 Samuel 24:18 describes the same event, but there are differences in details and context leading up to this point, particularly regarding who incited David to take a census, which could be seen as contradictory to some interpretations of 1 Chronicles 21.

2 Samuel 24:18: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. [Araunah: Heb. Araniah]
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