Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 6:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 6:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 6:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse describes how King Solomon made the temple beautiful. He decorated its walls with special designs of angels, palm trees, and pretty flowers everywhere.

1 Kings 6:29: And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. [open flowers: Heb. openings of flowers]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits making graven images or likenesses of anything, while 1 Kings 6:29 describes carvings of figures on the temple walls.

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 5:8

Similarly to Exodus 20:4, this verse forbids the creation of graven images or likenesses, which contrasts with the carvings mentioned in 1 Kings 6:29.

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:
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