Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 5:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 5:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 5:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Samuel, David became a king when he was 30 years old, and he was a good and strong king for 40 years. It shows how God helped David lead the people for a long time.

2 Samuel 5:4: David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:10-11

Samuel anoints David as king while he is still a youth, suggesting a leadership role much earlier than stated in 2 Samuel 5:4.

1 Samuel 16:10-11: Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 17:33

Saul refers to David as just a youth when he defeats Goliath, potentially conflicting with his stated age of 30 when becoming king.

1 Samuel 17:33: And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou [art but] a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 3:4

This verse suggests David's reign in Hebron was more complex, as he had multiple sons born there, which could imply a longer prior leadership period.

1 Chronicles 3:4: [These] six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 29:27

Indicates the entire length of David’s reign, needing reconciliation with his age at accession in 2 Samuel 5:4.

1 Chronicles 29:27: And the time that he reigned over Israel [was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 2:4

Describes David as already being made king of Judah, before becoming king over all Israel as stated later in 2 Samuel 5:4.

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.
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