Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:38
Contradicts the timing of events by showing the completion of the temple in a specific timeframe, contrasting the 40-day period mentioned in 1 Samuel 17:16.
1 Kings 6:38: And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which [is] the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. [through out...: or, with all the parts thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof]
Contradiction with Exodus 24:18
Highlighting Moses' 40-day stay on the mountain, drawing a contradiction in the significance and purpose of a 40-day period.
Exodus 24:18: And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Contradiction with Numbers 13:25
The spies spent 40 days searching the land, offering a differing use and outcome for the same duration mentioned in 1 Samuel 17:16.
Numbers 13:25: And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
Contradiction with Acts 1:3
The 40 days Jesus spent after resurrection contrasts with the challenging and combative nature of the 40 days in 1 Samuel 17:16.
Acts 1:3: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: