Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 2:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 2:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 2:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells us about a man who took over some towns from others and these towns became part of his family's land. It explains how a family's land grew bigger because someone in the family gained more towns.

1 Chronicles 2:23: And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

Contradiction with Numbers 32:39

This verse states that the children of Machir captured Gilead and dispossessed the Amorites, while 1 Chronicles 2:23 credits Jair with capturing certain towns in Gilead.

Numbers 32:39: And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which [was] in it.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:31

This verse assigns the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan (a region associated with Gilead), to the half-tribe of Manasseh, whereas 1 Chronicles 2:23 attributes the land to Jair as an individual conquest among the families of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 13:31: And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

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