Contradiction with Genesis 1:31
Contradicts the notion of tranquility as it asserts God's creation as very good, whereas 1 Chronicles 4:40 mentions a quiet and good land without specific divine endorsement.
Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]
Contradiction with Numbers 14:29
Contradicts the peaceful inheritance in 1 Chronicles 4:40, as it references punishment and death in the wilderness instead of settlement in a good land.
Numbers 14:29: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 8:15
Describes a harsh and dangerous wilderness, conflicting with the depiction of a good and quiet land in 1 Chronicles 4:40.
Deuteronomy 8:15: Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Contradiction with Joshua 23:16
Contradicts the peacefulness and blessing, predicting the peril and calamity that would come if God's covenant was broken.
Joshua 23:16: When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Contradiction with Psalm 107:4-5
Describes wandering in the wilderness without a city, contrasting the peaceful settlement found in 1 Chronicles 4:40.
Psalm 107:4-5: They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 3:2
References a polluted and troubled land, opposed to the description of the good, quiet land in 1 Chronicles 4:40.
Jeremiah 3:2: Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Paradox #1
The contradiction or inconsistency could relate to the mention of peaceful and fertile land, which might conflict with other accounts in the Bible describing Canaanite regions as heavily populated or contested by the Israelites. This can create confusion about the true nature of the land during that period.