Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 23:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 23:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 23:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells about a man named Kohath who had four sons named Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. It's like a family tree, showing us who was in the family a long time ago.

1 Chronicles 23:12: The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 26:24

States that Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was a ruler of the treasuries, which implies a different lineage or role than stated in 1 Chronicles 23:12.

1 Chronicles 26:24: And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, [was] ruler of the treasures.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:17-20

Provides a different account of the descendants of Levi, listing Gershon, Kohath, and Merari as his sons without reference to further subdivisions as in 1 Chronicles 23:12.

Numbers 3:17-20: And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

Contradiction with Exodus 6:16-19

Lists the sons of Levi with different focus and without additional generations mentioned in 1 Chronicles 23:12.

Exodus 6:16-19: And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years.

Contradiction with Numbers 26:58-59

Describes the family of Levi with additional details about the clans and does not list the sons of Levi in the exact manner as stated in 1 Chronicles 23:12.

Numbers 26:58-59: These [are] the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
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