Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 21:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 21:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 21:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, David wanted to buy a special place from Ornan to build a nice altar for God. David believed that if he paid the full price, God would stop making people sick.

1 Chronicles 21:22: Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. [Grant: Heb. Give]

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:24

1 Chronicles 21:22 records David's request to buy the threshing floor, while 2 Samuel 24:24 details David stating he would pay for it, indicating David's insistence on payment contrary to any suggestion of receiving it freely.

2 Samuel 24:24: And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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