Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 9:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 9:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 9:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of Chronicles, Zechariah was like a door guard for the special tent where people gathered to worship God. He helped make sure everything stayed safe and went well when people came to pray.

1 Chronicles 9:21: [And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 11:19

This verse lists different gatekeepers and numbers than those mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9:21, suggesting a discrepancy in the names and tally of porters.

Nehemiah 11:19: Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, [were] an hundred seventy and two. [the gates: Heb. at the gates]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 31:14

Assigns the role of overseeing the freewill offerings of God to Kore son of Imnah, indicating a different person and possibly a different role than what is implied in 1 Chronicles 9:21.

2 Chronicles 31:14: And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, [was] over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 26:1

Provides a different family and lineage of gatekeepers, which could be seen as contradictory to the specific mention of Phinehas in 1 Chronicles 9:21.

1 Chronicles 26:1: Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. [Meshelemiah: also called, Shelemiah] [Asaph: also called, Ebiasaph]
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