Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 17:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 17:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 17:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the people who were hiding in the well came out to warn King David. They told him to hurry and cross the river because someone had a plan against him.

2 Samuel 17:21: And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Contradicts reliance on human schemes versus divine guidance.)

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Contradicts Ahithophel's counsel, which seemed right but led to downfall.)

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Contradiction with 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. (Contradicts trust in human counsel rather than divine faith.)

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 Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Contradicts the deceptive nature of human counsel and intentions.)

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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