Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 5:11
While 2 Samuel 6:18 describes David offering sacrifices, 2 Chronicles 5:11 shows priests offering sacrifices in Solomon's temple, suggesting that kings should not perform priestly duties.
2 Chronicles 5:11: And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place]: (for all the priests [that were] present were sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course: [present: Heb. found]
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22
This verse emphasizes that obedience is better than sacrifice, contradicting the celebration and sacrifices done by David in 2 Samuel 6:18.
1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.
Contradiction with Hebrews 7:27
Describes Jesus offering himself once for all, contradicting the repeated sacrifices mentioned in 2 Samuel 6:18.
Hebrews 7:27: Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
God expresses a lack of pleasure in sacrifices, contradicting the successful offering of sacrifices as a celebration in 2 Samuel 6:18.
Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
Contradiction with Amos 5:21-22
This passage states God's rejection of offerings when they are not accompanied by true righteousness, in contrast with the positive depiction in 2 Samuel 6:18.
Amos 5:21-22: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]
Contradiction with Matthew 9:13
Emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, contradicting the emphasis on sacrifices in 2 Samuel 6:18.
Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22-23
Suggests God did not command burnt offerings, contradicting the practice of offering sacrifices as depicted in 2 Samuel 6:18.
Jeremiah 7:22-23: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]