Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 1 Kings, this verse is about how the corners of a special base or stand were made to be very strong and part of the whole structure. It teaches how things were built in a careful and steady way for God's house, showing the importance of doing things well.

1 Kings 7:34: And [there were] four undersetters to the four corners of one base: [and] the undersetters [were] of the very base itself.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 18:8

Contradiction in the source of the brass used in building, where 1 Kings 7:34 describes the making of the bases for the ten lavers, and 1 Chronicles focuses on the brass David took from cities.

1 Chronicles 18:8: Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. [Tibhath...: called in the book of Samuel Betah, and Berothai]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Contradiction in the prohibition of making graven images versus the detailed craftsmanship of artistic work described in 1 Kings 7:34.

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:

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