Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 5:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 5:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 5:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the people of Israel came to David and said that they were like family to him. They wanted him to be their leader because they felt connected to him as one of their own.

2 Samuel 5:1: Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 11:1

Differences in terminology and narrative details about David's reign.

1 Chronicles 11:1: Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:1

Different accounts regarding when David was chosen or anointed as king.

1 Samuel 16:1: And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 2:4

Differing accounts about David being made king over Judah in Hebron before he ruled all Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4: And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, [That] the men of Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried Saul.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 5:3

Presents a different context in which David is anointed king, with additional details.

2 Samuel 5:3: So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 2:11

Contradicts the total years David reigned with accounts of both Hebron and unified Israel.

1 Kings 2:11: And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 2:8-9

Conflicts with the idea of all tribes immediately acknowledging David due to Ish-bosheth's reign over Israel.

2 Samuel 2:8-9: But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; [Saul's host: Heb. the host which was Saul's] [Ishbosheth: or, Eshbaal]
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