Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Solomon built a big and beautiful house using strong cedar wood from Lebanon, where it was very big, tall, and stood on rows of strong pillars. This showed how God blessed Solomon with wisdom and resources to create amazing buildings.

1 Kings 7:2: He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:4

Unlike in 1 Kings 7:2 where the house is built by divine plan, this verse speaks of men building a city and a tower to make a name for themselves, contradicting the notion of divine purpose in the construction.

Genesis 11:4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

This verse states that the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands, which contradicts the building of the house for the Lord in 1 Kings 7:2.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19-20

These verses emphasize storing treasures in heaven rather than on earth, contrasting with the earthly focus of constructing a grand building as in 1 Kings 7:2.

Matthew 6:19-20: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:1-2

Here, the Lord questions the need for a house built for Him, contradicting the purpose of construction in 1 Kings 7:2.

Isaiah 66:1-2: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

Contradiction with John 2:21

Jesus refers to the temple of His body rather than physical structures, offering a contradicting perspective to the physical construction in 1 Kings 7:2.

John 2:21: But he spake of the temple of his body.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:5

This verse speaks of earthly buildings being mere copies of heavenly things, contrasting the grandeur and importance placed on the physical building in 1 Kings 7:2.

Hebrews 8:5: Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
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