Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse shows how King Solomon's temple was beautifully decorated with tall, shiny, bronze tops on the big columns. It tells us how important and special the temple was to the people.

1 Kings 7:16: And he made two chapiters [of] molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits:

Contradiction with 2 Kings 25:17

Describes a different measurement for the height of the chapiters, which contradicts the measurement given in 1 Kings 7:16.

2 Kings 25:17: The height of the one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

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