Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:1
This verse mentions the Israelites will dispossess seven nations, which seems excessive compared to the conquered cities in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Deuteronomy 7:1: When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:16-17
These verses command the Israelites to utterly destroy certain nations, suggesting all conquests must involve total destruction, possibly contradicting the approach in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Deuteronomy 20:16-17: But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Contradiction with Numbers 33:55
This verse warns of consequences if inhabitants are not driven out, which seems to contrast the complete conquest in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Numbers 33:55: But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them [shall be] pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Contradiction with Joshua 11:18-20
These verses describe long-term warring and different war tactics, possibly contradicting the implied quick and straightforward conquest in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Joshua 11:18-20: Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
Contradiction with Judges 3:1-4
These verses mention nations left to test Israel, contradicting the total victories in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Judges 3:1-4: Now these [are] the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, [even] as many [of Israel] as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
Contradiction with Joshua 13:1-6
These verses declare that much land remains to be conquered, which conflicts with the notion of complete conquest in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Joshua 13:1-6: Now Joshua was old [and] stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old [and] stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. [to...: Heb. to possess it]
Contradiction with Joshua 23:13
This verse warns of nations that remain as snares, contradicting the notion of utterly defeated cities in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Joshua 23:13: Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out [any of] these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Contradiction with Judges 1:21
This verse states the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin, contradicting a complete conquest as described in Deuteronomy 3:4.
Judges 1:21: And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:24
This verse describes Assyrians settling in conquered lands, contradicting the permanence implied in Deuteronomy 3:4.
2 Kings 17:24: And the king of Assyria brought [men] from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Contradiction with Judges 2:3
This verse states that some nations were left as a thorn, contradicting the eradication implied by Deuteronomy 3:4.
Judges 2:3: Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.