Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse describes a big basin of water, called the "sea," which rested on statues of twelve oxen. These oxen were important because they helped hold up the big basin for the temple, showing how strong and special the place was.

1 Kings 7:44: And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 4:2

This verse contradicts 1 Kings 7:44 as it describes the molten sea as being thirty cubits around and five cubits high, indicating discrepancies in measurements when compared to other references.

2 Chronicles 4:2: Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. [from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim]

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