Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 15:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 15:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 15:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 1 Kings, King Asa became the ruler of Judah when another king named Jeroboam had been ruling in Israel for twenty years. This tells us about the time Asa started to lead and where he ruled.

1 Kings 15:9: And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 13:1-2

Mentions a prophecy against Jeroboam's altar, while 1 Kings 15:9 starts the account of Asa's reign, which seems to ignore this earlier context.

1 Kings 13:1-2: And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. [burn: or, offer]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 15:34

States that Nadab did evil in the sight of the Lord after Jeroboam's ways, while 1 Kings 15:9 focuses on Asa's beginning reign and commitment to righteousness.

1 Kings 15:34: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 13:1-2

Mentions a different timeline and story with Abijah's reign, which overlaps with Asa’s.

2 Chronicles 13:1-2: Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 21:1

Mentions a long evil reign, contradictory to Asa's righteous rule context starting at 1 Kings 15:9.

2 Kings 21:1: Manasseh [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hephzibah.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:35

Shows God's regret in making Saul king, a contrast to the positivity surrounding Asa in 1 Kings 15:9.

1 Samuel 15:35: And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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