Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 8:66

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 8:66 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 8:66. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, after a big celebration, the people were very happy and thankful because God had done many good things for King David and the people of Israel. They felt joyful and blessed when they went back home.

1 Kings 8:66: On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. [blessed: or, thanked]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:2

Suggests mourning as better than feasting, contradicting the joyful departure in 1 Kings 8:66.

Ecclesiastes 7:2: [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

Contradiction with James 4:9

Encourages mourning and gloom, contrasting the joy and glad heart mentioned in 1 Kings 8:66.

James 4:9: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:4

Proclaims blessed are those who mourn, conflicting with the joyful celebration in 1 Kings 8:66.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:13

Asserts that even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, opposing the unmentioned sorrow in the joy of 1 Kings 8:66.

Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

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