Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 4:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 4:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 4:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse is about King Solomon having a lot of food. It shows that he was very rich and had many animals to eat from every day.

1 Kings 4:23: Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

Contradiction with Exodus 16:12

This verse mentions God providing quails to the Israelites as meat, in contrast to the abundance of livestock listed in 1 Kings 4:23.

Exodus 16:12: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Contradiction with Leviticus 11:7

This verse states the swine is unclean and should not be eaten, contrasting with the pigs mentioned in 1 Kings 4:23.

Leviticus 11:7: And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he [is] unclean to you.

Contradiction with Numbers 11:31-32

These verses discuss the scarcity and miraculous provision of quail, differing from the plentiful provisions in Solomon's court.

Numbers 11:31-32: And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let [them] fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits [high] upon the face of the earth. [as it were a day's...: Heb. as it were the way of a day]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 14:8

This verse also declares swine unclean for consumption, in contrast to the swine in 1 Kings 4:23.

Deuteronomy 14:8: And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

This verse speaks about not worrying about food, which contrasts with the explicit listing of provisions in Solomon's rule.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Luke 15:15-16

Mention of swine as a lowly creature and food of desperation opposes the abundance seen in 1 Kings 4:23.

Luke 15:15-16: And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

Contradiction with Acts 10:14-15

Peter's vision declaring all animals clean conflicts with the dietary laws suggested by certain animals in 1 Kings 4:23.

Acts 10:14-15: But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
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