Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 6:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 6:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 6:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, God asked for two big angel statues to be made from sacred trees inside an important room. These angels were really tall, like a little taller than a giraffe!

1 Kings 6:23: And within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive tree, [each] ten cubits high. [olive: or, oily: Heb. trees of oil]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Contradicts by prohibiting the making of graven images or likenesses of anything.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:16

Warns against corrupting oneself by making any graven image, in contradiction to the crafting of cherubim.

Deuteronomy 4:16: Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 5:8

Forbids the making of carved images or likenesses of anything in heaven, contrasting with the fashioning of heavenly cherubim.

Deuteronomy 5:8: Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

Contradiction with Isaiah 42:8

Declares God will not share his glory with images, opposing the prominent crafted cherubim.

Isaiah 42:8: I [am] the LORD: that [is] my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Contradiction with Acts 17:29

Suggests the divine nature is not like gold, silver, or stone, distinct from the construction of cherubim with these materials.

Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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