Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 13:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 13:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 13:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse shows God's power and a warning from Him. The altar broke apart and the ashes spilled out, just like the man of God said it would, to prove that God was speaking through him.

1 Kings 13:5: The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:35-36

These verses highlight God's unchanging covenants and orders, contrasting the destruction of the altar in 1 Kings 13:5, which demonstrates God's immediate judgment and change.

Jeremiah 31:35-36: Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:

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