Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 21:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 21:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 21:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, God is upset because someone did wrong things, making God angry and causing Israel to do bad things too. Because of this, God says that their family will be treated like the families of Jeroboam and Baasha, who were also punished.

1 Kings 21:22: And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger, and made Israel to sin.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:15

God promises David that His mercy shall not depart from him as it did from Saul, suggesting a lasting dynasty, which contrasts with 1 Kings 21:22 where God threatens to cut off Ahab's line.

2 Samuel 7:15: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:36

God promises that David's line will always have a light in Jerusalem, suggesting permanence, contradicting the notion of destruction in 1 Kings 21:22.

1 Kings 11:36: And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. [light: Heb. lamp, or, candle]

Contradiction with 2 Kings 8:19

The Lord maintains the Davidic line for the sake of his servant David, which contrasts with the complete cut-off described in 1 Kings 21:22.

2 Kings 8:19: Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, [and] to his children. [light: Heb. candle, or, lamp]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 21:7

God preserves David's lineage because of the covenant, which opposes the annihilation outlined in 1 Kings 21:22.

2 Chronicles 21:7: Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. [light: Heb. lamp, or, candle]

Contradiction with Psalm 89:34-37

God’s covenant with David is described as enduring forever, which contradicts the destruction promised to Ahab in 1 Kings 21:22.

Psalm 89:34-37: My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
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