Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 2:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 2:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 2:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse is about a warning from God to a man named Eli. God tells Eli that something bad will happen to his two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, and they will both die on the same day as a sign.

1 Samuel 2:34: And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse states that God is not a man that he should lie, nor a son of man that he should change his mind, which contrasts with the prophecy of death in 1 Samuel 2:34 suggesting predetermined judgment.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:7-8

God declares that if a nation repents, He can relent from disaster, suggesting change is possible, unlike the certainty of prophecy in 1 Samuel 2:34.

Jeremiah 18:7-8: [At what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy [it];

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:21-22

Emphasizes individual repentance can lead to life, conflicting with the predetermined outcome of death for Eli's sons in 1 Samuel 2:34.

Ezekiel 18:21-22: But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
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