Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 9:9

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

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, this verse tells us that there were 956 members from certain families, and they were important leaders of their family's house. These men were like the heads or chiefs who helped guide and manage their families.

1 Chronicles 9:9: And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men [were] chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 4:26

1 Chronicles 9:9 states something contradictory to the description of Solomon's provisions or administration described in this verse.

1 Kings 4:26: And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9

This verse gives a different account of the number of people, which can be seen as inconsistent with 1 Chronicles 9:9.

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.
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