Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 3:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 3:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 3:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, the people worshiped God on hills because there wasn't a special temple built for Him yet. They wanted to show their love for God the best they could until a proper place was made.

1 Kings 3:2: Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:5

This verse instructs to seek the place the Lord chooses, contrasting with the limited places mentioned in 1 Kings 3:2 for worship.

Deuteronomy 12:5: But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:13-14

Advises against sacrificing anywhere but where God chooses, contradicting the mention in 1 Kings 3:2 of sacrificing in high places.

Deuteronomy 12:13-14: Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

Contradiction with Leviticus 17:3-4

Specifies that sacrifices should be brought to the door of the tabernacle, differing from 1 Kings 3:2 which refers to offerings in high places.

Leviticus 17:3-4: What man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:2-4

Commands destruction of high places, contrasting with their use in 1 Kings 3:2.

Deuteronomy 12:2-4: Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: [possess: or, inherit]
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