Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 3:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 3:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 3:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the chronicler, this verse is just naming the sons of a man named Neariah, who had three sons: Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam. It's like when your family tree lists the names of your brothers or sisters.

1 Chronicles 3:23: And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. [Hezekiah: Heb. Hiskijah]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 3:24

1 Chronicles 3:23 lists the descendants of Hananiah as six in number, while 1 Chronicles 3:24 updates the genealogy with further descendants implying an extended lineage.

1 Chronicles 3:24: And the sons of Elioenai [were], Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:5

This verse speaks of the permanence of David's lineage on the throne, contradicting any notion of an incomplete or limited line suggested by the brevity in 1 Chronicles 3:23.

1 Kings 9:5: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

Contradiction with Matthew 1:17

Matthew provides a generational count from Abraham to David and from David to Jesus, which differs in structure and number from the lineage implied in 1 Chronicles 3:23.

Matthew 1:17: So all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon [are] fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ [are] fourteen generations.
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