Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 20:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 20:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 20:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Kings, this means that a bad king named Benhadad got a lot of his friends who were also kings to help him fight against a city called Samaria. They brought their horses and chariots to try and take over the city.

1 Kings 20:1: And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:7

This verse states that enemies will be defeated before you and flee, contradicting the siege described in 1 Kings 20:1 where Benhadad successfully besieges Samaria.

Deuteronomy 28:7: The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:17

This verse promises that no weapon formed against you shall prosper, yet in 1 Kings 20:1, Benhadad's forces surround and threaten Samaria.

Isaiah 54:17: No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 8:31

This verse suggests that if God is for us, none can be against us, contradictory to Syria's opposition against Israel in 1 Kings 20:1.

Romans 8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?

Contradiction with Psalm 34:17

This verse states that the righteous cry out, and the Lord delivers them from all troubles, while 1 Kings 20:1 shows a siege.

Psalm 34:17: [The righteous] cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
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