Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 11:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 11:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 11:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, when Hadad heard that King David and his army leader Joab had died, he asked the Pharaoh of Egypt to let him go back to his own land. Hadad wanted to return because he thought it might be a good time to go home now that the strong leaders were gone.

1 Kings 11:21: And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. [Let...: Heb. Send me away]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 2:12

Solomon's reign is depicted as firmly established, contradicting the disturbances in 1 Kings 11:21.

1 Kings 2:12: Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:4

Describes Solomon as turning away from God in his old age, contradicting Hadad's narrative of Solomon being perceived as a strong ruler.

1 Kings 11:4: For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

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