Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 6:40

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 6:40 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 6:40. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse is part of a list showing the family tree of important people. It helps us know where these people came from and how they are connected to others.

1 Chronicles 6:40: The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 6:33

1 Chronicles 6:33 lists the lineage of Heman, which appears to have different names compared to 1 Chronicles 6:40, suggesting discrepancies in genealogical records.

1 Chronicles 6:33: And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, [waited: Heb. stood]

Contradiction with Exodus 6:18

The genealogy in Exodus 6:18 lists Kohath's sons differently than 1 Chronicles 6:40, leading to potential contradictions in familial records.

Exodus 6:18: And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [were] an hundred thirty and three years.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 1:1

The lineage attributed to Elkanah in 1 Samuel 1:1 differs from the names associated with Elkanah in 1 Chronicles 6:40, causing inconsistencies in the genealogical accounts.

1 Samuel 1:1: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

Contradiction with Ezra 7:1-5

The genealogy in Ezra 7:1-5, tracing the lineage to Aaron, does not align precisely with the generations listed in 1 Chronicles 6:40, highlighting variations in lineage documentation.

Ezra 7:1-5: Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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