Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 5:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 5:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 5:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Samuel, when the people of Ekron saw the special box that belonged to God coming to their town, they got scared and thought it would hurt them and their families. They didn't want the box because they believed it brought trouble.

1 Samuel 5:10: Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. [us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

1 Samuel 5:10 mentions multiple cities with their own gods, contradicting the commandment of having no other gods before the LORD.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:2-3

Commands destruction of places and objects associated with other gods, contradicting the situation in which the Philistines keep moving the Ark of God without such destruction.

Deuteronomy 12:2-3: Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: [possess: or, inherit]

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:5

States there is no God beside the LORD, which contradicts the scenario of the Ark being placed before the idol Dagon.

Isaiah 45:5: I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5

Describes idols as powerless like a scarecrow, contradicting 1 Samuel 5:10 where the presence of the Ark caused fear and destruction.

Jeremiah 10:5: They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
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