Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 8:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 8:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 8:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse talks about King David collecting treasures from many different groups of people he defeated. David gathered these treasures to make his kingdom stronger.

2 Samuel 8:12: Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 18:11

This verse lists similar spoils but mentions additional groups like the Edomites, which suggests a different account of who David took spoils from.

1 Chronicles 18:11: Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these] nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:3

In contrast, this verse commands Saul to utterly destroy the Amalekites and not take spoils, conflicting with the practice of taking spoils in 2 Samuel 8:12.

1 Samuel 15:3: Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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