Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 1:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 1:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 1:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of 1 Kings, the author shows that someone is making a plan to help a friend by talking to a king and making sure the king listens to them both. This plan is to make sure the king knows what is true and to help protect their friend’s wishes.

1 Kings 1:14: Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. [confirm: Heb. fill up]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:1

This verse suggests that the king's heart is in the hand of the Lord and He turns it wherever He wills, contradicting 1 Kings 1:14 which involves human intervention to influence a king's decision.

Proverbs 21:1: The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Contradiction with James 1:8

The description of a double-minded man in this verse contrasts with the straightforward intent to influence the king through counsel in 1 Kings 1:14.

James 1:8: A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

This verse states that the Lord looks at the heart, not outward appearances or words, which conflicts with the plan in 1 Kings 1:14 relying on external counsel to affect a decision.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse warns against trusting in human agents, contradicting the strategy in 1 Kings 1:14 to use human counsel to affect royal decisions.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Proverbs 19:21

This verse says many plans are in a person's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails, which contrasts with the strategic planning seen in 1 Kings 1:14.

Proverbs 19:21: [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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