Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 8:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 8:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 8:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Chronicles, the verse is listing the names of some of Bela's sons, who were Addar, Gera, and Abihud. It is simply telling us about the family members of a person named Bela.

1 Chronicles 8:3: And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, [Addar: or, Ard]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 8:1

States that the first-born son of Benjamin was Bela, whereas 1 Chronicles 8:3 mentions his sons adding ambiguity to lineage accounts.

1 Chronicles 8:1: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 14:49

Describes Saul's sons including Jonathan, Ishui, and Melchishua, but genealogies differ from Chronicles' account of Benjamin's descendants.

1 Samuel 14:49: Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters [were these]; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

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