Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 14:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 14:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 14:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Samuel, the person talking is a woman who is very scared and goes to the king for help. She believes that if she asks nicely, the king might listen and help her with her problem.

2 Samuel 14:15: Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

2 Samuel 14:15 suggests bringing the king's favor by intercession, while 1 Samuel 15:22 emphasizes obedience over sacrifice or offerings to gain favor.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:7

Suggests that when a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him, which contrasts with influencing the king through deceptive or indirect means.

Proverbs 16:7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

Advises against trusting in man, contrasting with the reliance on human intercession depicted in 2 Samuel 14:15.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:1

Asserts that the king's heart is in the Lord's hand to turn as He wills, contradicting the idea that human words primarily influence the king's decisions.

Proverbs 21:1: The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:22

Urges not to trust in mere humans, whose breath is in their nostrils, contrasting with the reliance on human counsel highlighted in 2 Samuel 14:15.

Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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