Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 21:20
Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 21:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 21:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of 1 Chronicles, Ornan and his sons were very afraid when they saw an angel, so they hid. Ornan was busy working with his wheat at that time.
1 Chronicles 21:20: And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. [And Ornan...: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with him hid themselves]
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:1
In 1 Chronicles 21:20, the act of numbering Israel is attributed to Satan inciting David, while in 2 Samuel 24:1, it is the anger of the LORD that moves David to number Israel, suggesting differing sources of provocation.
2 Samuel 24:1: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
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