Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 19:28

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 19:28 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 19:28. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Samuel, the writer is saying that even though his family didn't deserve anything, the king was kind and let him eat at the king's table. He feels lucky and doesn't think he should ask for more from the king.

2 Samuel 19:28: For all [of] my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? [dead...: Heb. men of death]

Contradiction with Proverbs 24:12

This verse states that God will render to every man according to his works, which contradicts 2 Samuel 19:28 as it implies personal responsibility rather than collective guilt.

Proverbs 24:12: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse asserts that the son shall not bear the guilt of the father, contradicting the idea in 2 Samuel 19:28 of shared familial guilt.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 24:16

This verse declares that every man shall be put to death for his own sin, which contradicts the collective blame suggested in 2 Samuel 19:28.

Deuteronomy 24:16: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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