Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 11:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 11:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 11:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 1 Kings, Hadad was liked a lot by the king of Egypt, called Pharaoh. So, Pharaoh let Hadad marry a very important lady, his wife's sister, who was the sister of the queen.

1 Kings 11:19: And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:32

This verse instructs against making covenants with inhabitants of the land, contradicting the alliances seen between Solomon and Pharaoh's daughter.

Exodus 23:32: Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:3

This verse forbids marriages with foreign nations, which contradicts Solomon's marriage alliances including the one with Pharaoh’s daughter as implied in the context around 1 Kings 11:19.

Deuteronomy 7:3: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:1-2

These verses highlight God's disapproval of Solomon's foreign wives, which contradicts the favor and marriage alliance with Pharaoh’s daughter.

1 Kings 11:1-2: But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, [and] Hittites; [together...: or, beside]
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