Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 7:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 7:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 7:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the prophet Nathan told King David everything God wanted him to know. Nathan listened to God and then shared God's message with David.

2 Samuel 7:17: According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:11

God expresses regret for making Saul king, which contradicts the idea of a fixed divine plan as suggested in 2 Samuel 7:17.

1 Samuel 15:11: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul [to be] king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Contradiction with Exodus 32:14

The Lord repented of the evil He thought to do unto His people, showing that God's plans can change, conflicting with the permanence implied in 2 Samuel 7:17.

Exodus 32:14: And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

States that God does not lie or repent, contrasting the implication that God’s plans can adapt, unlike the unaltered declaration in 2 Samuel 7:17.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Jonah 3:10

God changes His mind about the destruction planned for Nineveh, suggesting divine plans can be flexible, opposing the definitive decree in 2 Samuel 7:17.

Jonah 3:10: And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 18:8

God mentions that He will repent of the evil He thought to do if a nation turns from its evil, indicating conditional prophecies, unlike the certain prophecy in 2 Samuel 7:17.

Jeremiah 18:8: If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
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