Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 7:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 7:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 7:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of 2 Samuel, God is asking David if he plans to build a house for Him. This shows that God wants to guide David and has special plans for what should be done.

2 Samuel 7:5: Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? [my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:19

This verse states that David would not build the house, contradicting the implication in 2 Samuel 7:5 that he should.

1 Kings 8:19: Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 28:3

God explicitly tells David he shall not build a house, contradicting 2 Samuel 7:5 where the question suggests consideration for him building it.

1 Chronicles 28:3: But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and hast shed blood. [blood: Heb. bloods]

Contradiction with Acts 7:47

States that Solomon built the house, not David, differing from the suggestion in 2 Samuel 7:5 that David should build it.

Acts 7:47: But Solomon built him an house.
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