Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 20:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 20:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 20:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, the king of Israel went home feeling very sad and upset after something happened that made him unhappy. He went back to the city of Samaria still carrying those heavy feelings.

1 Kings 20:43: And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:7

This verse states "whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap," implying a sense of justice and consequence, in contrast to 1 Kings 20:43 where Ahab returns home sullen and angry without facing immediate retribution for his actions.

Galatians 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:21

This verse asserts "though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished," contradicting the immediate lack of punishment seen in 1 Kings 20:43.

Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Contradiction with Exodus 34:7

"Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty," contradicts the apparent lack of consequences Ahab faces in 1 Kings 20:43.

Exodus 34:7: Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
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