Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 22:47

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 22:47 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 22:47. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse means that the king removed the people doing wrong things, like the ones in Sodom, from his land to make it a better place like his father Asa did. It's like cleaning up to keep the land good and safe for everyone.

1 Kings 22:47: And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 8:14

States that David put garrisons throughout Edom, and all they of Edom became his servants, suggesting continued control over Edom, contrary to 1 Kings 22:47, which mentions no king in Edom at that time.

2 Samuel 8:14: And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 8:20

Indicates that in the days of Jehoram, Edom revolted against Judah's rule and appointed a king of their own, contradicting the previous lack of a king in Edom in 1 Kings 22:47.

2 Kings 8:20: In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

Contradiction with Genesis 36:31

Lists the kings who reigned in Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel, suggesting an established monarchy which contrasts with 1 Kings 22:47's assertion of no king in Edom.

Genesis 36:31: And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
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