Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 28:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 28:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 28:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, David helped his son Solomon by giving him special plans to build a big, beautiful house for God. These plans showed Solomon how to make all the rooms and special places just right.

1 Chronicles 28:11: Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

Contradiction with Exodus 31:2-3

These verses indicate that Bezalel, not David, was filled with the Spirit of God to devise designs for the sanctuary, contradicting David receiving plans from God in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

Exodus 31:2-3: See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:5

This verse refers to Moses receiving the pattern for the tabernacle, suggesting no need for David to have a separate pattern for the temple as described in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

Hebrews 8:5: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:2-13

God tells David that it will be Solomon, not David himself, who will build the temple, contradicting the notion that David was given plans for the temple as a personal task in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

2 Samuel 7:2-13: That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

States that the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, contradicting the concept of a divinely inspired architectural plan for a temple as suggested in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:12

God promises to dwell in the temple if Solomon follows His decrees, which implies the conditionality based on behavior, not on the physical plans given to David in 1 Chronicles 28:11.

1 Kings 6:12: [Concerning] this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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