Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 20:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 20:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 20:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 2 Samuel, there's a smart woman in the city who wants to talk to a man named Joab. She calls out loudly, asking him to come closer so they can have a conversation.

2 Samuel 20:16: Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

Contradiction with Proverbs 9:13

A foolish woman makes noise versus the wise woman in 2 Samuel 20:16 who speaks with wisdom.

Proverbs 9:13: A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:34

Women should remain silent, which contradicts the woman speaking out in 2 Samuel 20:16.

1 Corinthians 14:34: Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 2:12

Prohibits women from teaching or assuming authority, yet the woman in 2 Samuel 20:16 assumes an authoritative role.

1 Timothy 2:12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

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