Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 5:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 5:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 5:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, Solomon had many helpers to make sure the big building project was done right. These helpers were like team leaders, and they helped guide all the workers to do their jobs.

1 Kings 5:16: Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which [were] over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:23

This verse states a different number of chief officers than 1 Kings 5:16, which can be seen as a contradiction in the total count of officers overseeing the work.

1 Kings 9:23: These [were] the chief of the officers that [were] over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 2:18

This verse presents another differing number of overseers previously mentioned, which counters the figure given in 1 Kings 5:16.

2 Chronicles 2:18: And he set threescore and ten thousand of them [to be] bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand [to be] hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

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