Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 1:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 1:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 1:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse tells us that King David asked for Bathsheba to come see him. It shows that he wanted to talk to her because she was very important to him.

1 Kings 1:28: Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. [into...: Heb. before the king]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:1

While 1 Kings 1:28 supports Solomon's anointing as king, 1 Samuel 16:1 emphasizes God's choice of David, highlighting a different lineage and succession.

1 Samuel 16:1: And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 13:14

This verse indicates that God sought a man after His own heart (David), differing from the dynastic approach seen in 1 Kings 1:28 where Solomon is chosen based on King David's promise.

1 Samuel 13:14: But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him [to be] captain over his people, because thou hast not kept [that] which the LORD commanded thee.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 2:24

Contradicts the peaceful transition implied in 1 Kings 1:28 by detailing Solomon's violent consolidation of power after David's death.

1 Kings 2:24: Now therefore, [as] the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:11

God vows to tear the kingdom away from Solomon, directly opposing the establishment of Solomon's reign in 1 Kings 1:28.

1 Kings 11:11: Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. [is done...: Heb. is with thee]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 22:30

This verse announces no descendant of King Jehoiachin (a successor of Solomon) will prosper on the throne, suggesting a failed dynasty contrary to the hopeful establishment of Solomon in 1 Kings 1:28.

Jeremiah 22:30: Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

Contradiction with Psalm 89:39

Depicts God's covenant with David and his descendants as broken, conflicting with the endorsement of Solomon’s rule in 1 Kings 1:28.

Psalm 89:39: Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown [by casting it] to the ground.
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