Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 16:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 16:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 16:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse means that the king did wrong things that made God unhappy and he acted like a bad king named Jeroboam, which made the people of Israel do bad things too. The king's actions were not good, and they led others away from doing what God wanted.

1 Kings 16:19: For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:12

The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness, while 1 Kings 16:19 seems to suggest individual actions lead to downfall.

Proverbs 21:12: The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse suggests individual accountability for sin, contradicting the collective punishment implied in 1 Kings 16:19.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Isaiah 3:10-11

These verses contrast with 1 Kings 16:19 by stating that the righteous will be well but the wicked will receive calamity, highlighting the eventual justice for individual acts rather than current kings' outcomes.

Isaiah 3:10-11: Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

The verse highlights that sometimes the wicked receive outcomes as though they were righteous, contradicting the immediate punishment seen in 1 Kings 16:19.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
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