Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 3:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 3:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 3:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Samuel, the people and everyone in Israel knew that the king didn't want Abner, the son of Ner, to be harmed. They realized that the king was not responsible for Abner's death.

2 Samuel 3:37: For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding, which may contradict 2 Samuel 3:37 if perceived as emphasizing human discernment.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

The verse claims the heart is deceitful above all things, contradicting any reliance on human judgment as seen in 2 Samuel 3:37.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

God's thoughts and ways are higher than human ways, potentially conflicting with any suggestion of human understanding in 2 Samuel 3:37.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

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