Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 13:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 13:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 13:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Kings, God made a promise that something would happen to the special altar and other places where people prayed to idols, and God always keeps His promises, so it will happen for sure. It's like when someone tells you something important and you know it's true because they always tell the truth.

1 Kings 13:32: For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which [are] in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 23:16-17

These verses describe King Josiah honoring the tomb of the man of God who prophesied against the altar at Bethel, which supports rather than contradicts the prophecy mentioned in 1 Kings 13:32.

2 Kings 23:16-17: And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were] there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 26:18

This verse references Micah's prophecy about the destruction of Jerusalem, which shares a thematic element of prophecy but does not directly contradict the prophecy about Bethel in 1 Kings 13:32.

Jeremiah 26:18: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

Contradiction with Amos 3:7

This verse suggests that God reveals his plans to prophets, supporting the legitimacy of the prophecy in 1 Kings 13:32 rather than contradicting it.

Amos 3:7: Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17-18

This verse indicates that Jesus did not come to abolish the law or the prophets, implying a continuation or fulfillment rather than contradiction of Old Testament prophecies like the one in 1 Kings 13:32.

Matthew 5:17-18: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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