Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 7:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 7:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 7:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Chronicles, this verse tells us about a big family from long ago. There were 20,200 brave men who were important leaders in their family.

1 Chronicles 7:9: And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, [was] twenty thousand and two hundred.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9

This verse provides a different number for the count of valiant men, which contradicts the numbers given in 1 Chronicles 7:9.

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 Kings 20:27

This verse depicts the Israelites as 'little flocks of goats' compared to the Syrians, contradicting the large, organized, and numerous assembly of fighting men in 1 Chronicles 7:9.

1 Kings 20:27: And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. [were all...: or, were nourished]

Contradiction with Judges 7:2

God tells Gideon that he has too many men for battle, which contradicts the emphasis on large numbers in 1 Chronicles 7:9.

Judges 7:2: And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
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