Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 3:15
States that two pillars stood in front of the temple, which might contrast with the ten mentioned in 2 Chronicles 4:7 as these refer to different structures.
2 Chronicles 3:15: Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits. [high: Heb. long]
Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:15
Describes the pillars with different dimensions than those made in 2 Chronicles 4:7, potentially causing confusion about their size and purpose.
1 Kings 7:15: For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. [cast: Heb. fashioned]
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 4:11
Mentions that Huram completed the works for Solomon, yet 4:7 refers to the making of the lamps by Solomon potentially creating confusion on who made certain temple items.
2 Chronicles 4:11: And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; [basons: or, bowls] [finished: Heb. finished to make]
Contradiction with Exodus 25:31
Describes the design of the lampstand for the tabernacle as a single lampstand, contradicting with the ten separate lampstands in 2 Chronicles 4:7.
Exodus 25:31: And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:49
Lists the lampstands in the temple as five on the right and five on the left side, aligning with but potentially contrasting in the context of their significance compared to 2 Chronicles 4:7.
1 Kings 7:49: And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right [side], and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs [of] gold,