Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, Solomon made ten big bowls of bronze to hold water, with each bowl being very large and placed on a special base. These bowls were part of the temple he built to help the priests stay clean for their special work.

1 Kings 7:38: Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 4:6

In 1 Kings 7:38, it describes ten lavers made for washing, whereas 2 Chronicles 4:6 mentions ten basins but emphasizes the usage for aspects of the temple, potentially causing confusion in numbers and purpose.

2 Chronicles 4:6: He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in. [such...: Heb. the work of burnt offering]
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