Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 9:10

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According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse tells us that after Solomon worked for twenty years, he finished making two important buildings: one for God and one for himself. It shows how hard Solomon worked to make special places for both God and as his home.

1 Kings 9:10: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:11

Contradicts the timing of events as it implies an ongoing relationship between Solomon and Hiram, rather than a completed period.

1 Kings 9:11: ([Now] Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 8:1

Indicates the completion of cities in a different timeline compared to 1 Kings 9:10.

2 Chronicles 8:1: And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

Contradiction with 1 Kings 5:1

Suggests an earlier and different context of Solomon's dealings with Hiram, contrasting the conclusion implied in 1 Kings 9:10.

1 Kings 5:1: And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. [Hiram: also called, Huram]

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 5:11

References a different king, David, dealing with Hiram which contrasts with Solomon's concluded account.

2 Samuel 5:11: And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. [masons: Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:1-2

Presents a different aspect of God's covenant with Solomon contradicting with the transactional nature of 1 Kings 9:10.

1 Kings 9:1-2: And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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