Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 15:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 15:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 15:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Asa was a strong and busy king who built many cities and did many things, but when he got old, he had trouble with his feet and got sick.

1 Kings 15:23: The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 15:24

It indicates that Asa died, resting with his fathers, while 1 Kings 15:23 mentions his acts, strength, and illness without directly stating his death.

1 Kings 15:24: And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. [Jehoshaphat: Gr. Josaphat]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 16:12

This verse highlights Asa's reliance on physicians rather than God for his illness, whereas 1 Kings 15:23 simply lists his acts and illness without detailing his reliance.

2 Chronicles 16:12: And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease [was] exceeding [great]: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 14:2-5

These verses depict Asa's early reforms and devotion, contrasting with the focus on physical afflictions in 1 Kings 15:23.

2 Chronicles 14:2-5: And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 16:7-9

These verses indicate a rebuke from Hanani for Asa's lack of trust in God, which contrasts with 1 Kings 15:23's emphasis on Asa's strength and illness.

2 Chronicles 16:7-9: And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
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