Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 9:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 9:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 9:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, the king of Egypt, called Pharaoh, captured a city named Gezer, destroyed it, and gave it as a gift to his daughter, who was married to King Solomon. This shows that Solomon was connected to powerful people and nations.

1 Kings 9:16: [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

Contradiction with Joshua 11:22

Explains that no Anakims were left in the land except in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod, contradicting the presence of Pharaoh's dominance over Gezer mentioned in 1 Kings 9:16.

Joshua 11:22: There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 21:1

Attributes famine to Saul's actions against the Gibeonites, whereas 1 Kings 9:16 describes Egyptian conquest and destruction.

2 Samuel 21:1: Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, [It is] for Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. [enquired...: Heb. sought the face, etc]

Contradiction with Judges 1:29

States that Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites from Gezer, implying ongoing cohabitation rather than Egyptian destruction of Gezer as stated in 1 Kings 9:16.

Judges 1:29: Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 16:34

Describes the rebuilding of Jericho, which contrasts with Pharaoh's destruction of a city without mention of reconstruction as in 1 Kings 9:16.

1 Kings 16:34: In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest [son] Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 31:10

Discusses the treatment of Saul's body in Bethshan, a controlled Philistine city, contrasting with Egyptian control over Gezer as claimed in 1 Kings 9:16.

1 Samuel 31:10: And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

Paradox #1

This verse mentions Pharaoh giving the city of Gezer to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and says he captured and burned it first. A possible historical inconsistency is that there are no Egyptian records of Pharaoh attacking Gezer. This creates uncertainty about the event's historical accuracy.

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