Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 1:45

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 1:45 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 1:45. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 1 Kings, God chose Solomon to be king, and important people like Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet celebrated this by making him king in a special ceremony. The city was filled with happy noise because everyone heard the good news and was celebrating.

1 Kings 1:45: And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This [is] the noise that ye have heard.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 2:15

Adonijah claims that the kingdom was rightfully his, contradicting the anointing of Solomon as king in 1 Kings 1:45.

1 Kings 2:15: And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 29:22

It mentions that Solomon was made king for the second time, implying a contradiction with the singular event in 1 Kings 1:45.

1 Chronicles 29:22: And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor, and Zadok [to be] priest.

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