Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 7:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 7:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 7:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse tells us about a beautiful and expensive building, made with special stones that were cut carefully. It shows how important and grand this place was, using the best materials inside and outside.

1 Kings 7:9: All these [were of] costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and [so] on the outside toward the great court.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:7

This verse describes the temple being constructed without noise, contrasting the cutting and finishing of costly stones mentioned in 1 Kings 7:9.

1 Kings 6:7: And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe [nor] any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:25

This verse forbids using cut stones for altars, while 1 Kings 7:9 talks about costly stones that were probably hewn.

Exodus 20:25: And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. [build...: Heb. build them with hewing]

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 4:18

This verse emphasizes the unseen and eternal over the physical, while 1 Kings 7:9 emphasizes lavish physical construction.

2 Corinthians 4:18: While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.
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