Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 16:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 16:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 16:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, God did not choose Jesse's son, Abinadab, to be the new king. Samuel listened to God, who had another plan for choosing the king.

1 Samuel 16:8: Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 28:4

This verse states that God chose David specifically from all the sons of Jesse, which might imply the rejection of Eliab and other brothers without consideration, contradicting the process described in 1 Samuel 16:8.

1 Chronicles 28:4: Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

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