Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 2:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 2:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 2:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, David was a very important king for the people of Israel. He was their leader for a long time, first in a city called Hebron for seven years and then in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

1 Kings 2:11: And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with Judges 10:2-3

Judges 10:2-3 describes the rule of Tola for 23 years and Jair for 22 years, suggesting shorter reigns compared to David's 40-year rule in 1 Kings 2:11, contrasting typical reign durations.

Judges 10:2-3: And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.

Contradiction with Job 14:1

Job 14:1 talks about the brevity and trouble of human life, which contrasts with David's notably long and successful 40-year reign in 1 Kings 2:11.

Job 14:1: Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. [few...: Heb. short of days]

Contradiction with Genesis 47:9

Genesis 47:9 mentions Jacob describing his 130 years as few and evil, which contrasts with the summarized prosperity and length of David's 40-year reign in 1 Kings 2:11.

Genesis 47:9: And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage [are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

Contradiction with Psalm 89:45

Psalm 89:45 speaks of shortening the days of youth, contrasting with David's long reign and the passage of time in 1 Kings 2:11.

Psalm 89:45: The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
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