Contradiction with Exodus 20:25
This verse instructs that if an altar is made of stone, it should not be built of hewn stone, which contradicts the use of costly hewn stones in constructing the temple foundation in 1 Kings 5:17.
Exodus 20:25: And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. [build...: Heb. build them with hewing]
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 27:5-6
This passage similarly specifies that an altar to the Lord should be made of uncut stones, conflicting with the cutting of stones for the temple's foundation in 1 Kings 5:17.
Deuteronomy 27:5-6: And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] iron [tool] upon them.
Contradiction with Joshua 8:31
The command here is to build an altar using unhewn stones, which opposes the direction in 1 Kings 5:17 regarding the use of dressed stones for the temple’s foundation.
Joshua 8:31: As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up [any] iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.