Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3
1 Chronicles 4:43 mentions the destruction of the Amalekites, while 1 Samuel 15:3 commands Saul to completely destroy them earlier, which implies they should have already been annihilated.
1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:8
Here, Saul takes Agag, king of the Amalekites, alive after being commanded to destroy all, which contradicts their supposed annihilation.
1 Samuel 15:8: And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 27:8
David attacks the Amalekites and others, indicating their presence and survival, contrary to 1 Chronicles 4:43's implication of their prior destruction.
1 Samuel 27:8: And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. [Gezrites: or, Gerzites]
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 30:17
David fights the Amalekites, suggesting that they were not completely destroyed as 1 Chronicles 4:43 implies.
1 Samuel 30:17: And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. [the next...: Heb. their morrow]
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 1:1
An Amalekite claims to have killed Saul, indicating their survival post their supposed destruction in 1 Chronicles 4:43.
2 Samuel 1:1: Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
Contradiction with Judges 3:13
The Amalekites join forces with other nations to attack Israel, contradicting the notion that they were fully destroyed by the events in 1 Chronicles 4:43.
Judges 3:13: And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees.
Contradiction with Judges 6:3
The Amalekites continually invade Israel, questioning the claim of their annihilation as suggested in 1 Chronicles 4:43.
Judges 6:3: And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Paradox #1
The verse describes an aggressive action taken by a group, which can raise moral questions about violence, warfare, and coexistence. It might conflict with other biblical teachings that promote peace, forgiveness, and loving one's neighbors.