Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Samuel 9:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Samuel 9:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Samuel 9:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Samuel, Samuel talked to Saul on the roof of the house when they came back from a special place. They likely had an important conversation about what God wanted for Saul.

1 Samuel 9:25: And when they were come down from the high place into the city, [Samuel] communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 3:5

This verse mentions Solomon receiving wisdom from God in a dream, where Samuel in 1 Samuel 9:25 doesn't indicate wisdom from dreams.

1 Kings 3:5: In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 23:28

This verse implies that true prophets share God's dream messages, contradicting no dreams mentioned in 1 Samuel 9:25.

Jeremiah 23:28: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. [that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc]

Contradiction with Joel 2:28

This prophecy of dreams and visions being common in the last days differs as there's no such mention in 1 Samuel 9:25.

Joel 2:28: And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
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