Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 23:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 23:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 23:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells us about Laadan's family, mentioning that his important son was Jehiel, and he also had two other sons named Zetham and Joel, making three sons in total. This helps us learn about the families and people who were part of Israel's history.

1 Chronicles 23:8: The sons of Laadan; the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 29:1

This verse contradicts 1 Chronicles 23:8 as it lists different individuals in the roster of Levitical duties, causing discrepancies in names and roles.

2 Chronicles 29:1: Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:10

This verse lists sons of Jesse where some names mentioned in 1 Chronicles 23:8 are notably absent or differently emphasized, creating divergence.

1 Samuel 16:10: Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:39

Here, the total number of Levites counted differs from the figures suggested in the context surrounding 1 Chronicles 23:8, leading to a numerical contradiction.

Numbers 3:39: All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.

Contradiction with Exodus 6:25

The genealogy presented has variations when compared to the lineage implications found in 1 Chronicles 23:8, resulting in a genealogical contradiction.

Exodus 6:25: And Eleazar Aaron's son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
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