Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 8:62

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 8:62 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 8:62. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse means that the king and all the people of Israel gave special gifts to God to show their love and thanks. They wanted to honor God together.

1 Kings 8:62: And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of sacrifices, suggesting that God does not delight in them, contrasting with the extensive sacrifices shown as pleasing in 1 Kings 8:62.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Emphasizes a preference for mercy and knowledge of God over burnt offerings, differing from the emphasis on sacrifices in 1 Kings 8:62.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Micah 6:6-7

Raises a rhetorical question about the sufficiency of sacrifices, which stands in contrast to the abundant sacrifices offered in 1 Kings 8:62.

Micah 6:6-7: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16-17

Highlights that God does not delight in sacrifices but in a contrite heart, which seems contradictory to the literal sacrifices in 1 Kings 8:62.

Psalm 51:16-17: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23

States that God did not command burnt offerings and sacrifices at the Exodus, which contradicts the practice seen in 1 Kings 8:62.

Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
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