Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 7:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 7:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 7:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Chronicles, these were the brave and strong sons of Jediael, who were ready and able to fight in battles, and there were a lot of them, seventeen thousand and two hundred! It's like having a big team of heroes ready to protect their people.

1 Chronicles 7:11: All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, [were] seventeen thousand and two hundred [soldiers], fit to go out for war [and] battle.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9

This verse speaks of a different count of warriors from Israel, showing a variance in numbers compared to the 17,200 mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:11.

2 Samuel 24:9: And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:5

This verse provides a different total count of Israelite soldiers compared to the specific group mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:11, illustrating a discrepancy in tribal or subgroup numbers.

1 Chronicles 21:5: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:45-46

Details a census with a different overall number of able men than the specific group in 1 Chronicles 7:11, introducing potential discrepancies in different Biblical census accounts.

Numbers 1:45-46: So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
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