Contradiction with Genesis 41:40
Pharaoh in this verse delegates authority to Joseph, seemingly without requiring consultation or search of records, unlike King Darius' approach in Ezra 6:1.
Genesis 41:40: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. [be ruled: Heb. be armed, or, kiss]
Contradiction with Esther 3:10-11
King Ahasuerus gives Haman authority over a decree without the detailed search or hesitation seen in Ezra 6:1, suggesting a contradiction in the immediate exercise of power.
Esther 3:10-11: And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. [enemy: or, oppressor]
Contradiction with Daniel 6:9
King Darius issues a decree without needing to search any records, contrasting with the methodical process in Ezra 6:1.
Daniel 6:9: Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Contradiction with Nehemiah 2:1-5
King Artaxerxes grants Nehemiah's request with little deliberation or need for a search, differing from the thoroughness shown in Ezra 6:1.
Nehemiah 2:1-5: And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that] wine [was] before him: and I took up the wine, and gave [it] unto the king. Now I had not been [beforetime] sad in his presence.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 20:3-4
King Jehoshaphat seeks divine guidance quickly through prayer and fasting, bypassing the bureaucratic process depicted in Ezra 6:1.
2 Chronicles 20:3-4: And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. [himself: Heb. his face]