Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 7:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 7:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 7:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse is about a family. Maachah and Machir have two sons named Peresh and Sheresh, and Peresh has sons named Ulam and Rakem.

1 Chronicles 7:16: And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 14:50

Michal is listed as the daughter of Saul, not Maachah.

1 Samuel 14:50: And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. [Abner: Heb. Abiner]

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 14:27

It states that Maacah bore Absalom’s children, but not referencing the same lineage.

2 Samuel 14:27: And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
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