Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 8:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 8:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 8:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse is about some people named Eber, Misham, and Shamed, who were the sons of Elpaal. They helped build places called Ono and Lod, along with the towns around them.

1 Chronicles 8:12: The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 8:29

The genealogical details or names do not match those given in 1 Chronicles 8:12.

1 Chronicles 8:29: And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah: [father...: also called Jehiel]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 9:35

The family line information provided here differs from the lineage mentioned in 1 Chronicles 8:12.

1 Chronicles 9:35: And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name [was] Maachah:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 8:28

The verses nearby offer a slightly different genealogical summary compared to 1 Chronicles 8:12.

1 Chronicles 8:28: These [were] heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 7:6

Emphasizes differing accounts of lineage and family heads in comparison to 1 Chronicles 8:12.

Nehemiah 7:6: These [are] the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
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