Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 23:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 23:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 23:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells us about Shimei's family. He had three sons named Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, and they were important leaders in their family group.

1 Chronicles 23:9: The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:3

Contradicts with 1 Chronicles 23:9 as it gives a different total number of Levites being counted.

1 Chronicles 23:3: Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 22:14

Contradicts by listing a different total of resources or spoils, which impacts the context of tasks given to Levites.

1 Chronicles 22:14: Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. [trouble: or, poverty]

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 6:1

Contradicts by having different numeric records related to assembly or troop counts, potentially conflicting the measures taken for religious duties.

2 Samuel 6:1: Again, David gathered together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand.
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