Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 4:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 4:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 4:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse shows that everyone helped by bringing food for the animals like horses and donkeys to the right place. Each person knew what they had to do and did their job well.

1 Kings 4:28: Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge. [dromedaries: or, mules, or, swift beasts]

Contradiction with Proverbs 12:10

While 1 Kings 4:28 discusses providing animals with food, Proverbs 12:10 mentions a righteous man cares for the life of his animal, not just feeding them for work.

Proverbs 12:10: A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel. [tender...: or, bowels]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

1 Kings 4:28 focuses on providing for animals, whereas Matthew 6:26 suggests God is the one who provides for the birds, implying reliance on divine provision.

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 Jonah 4:11

In 1 Kings 4:28, animals are used for human purposes, while in Jonah 4:11, God shows concern for animals as independently valuable.

Jonah 4:11: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and [also] much cattle?

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

1 Kings 4:28 describes offering provisions for horses and mules, whereas Isaiah 1:11 challenges the value of animal sacrifices.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
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