Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 15:60

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 15:60 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 15:60. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Joshua, these are names of cities and their surrounding villages that were part of the land given to the people of Israel. It's like saying, "This is your town and the little towns around it."

Joshua 15:60: Kirjathbaal, which [is] Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

Contradiction with Joshua 10:40

Describes the conquest of the hill country, contradicting Joshua 15:60 where settlements like Kirjath-baal still exist.

Joshua 10:40: So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

Contradiction with Joshua 11:23

States that Joshua took the whole land and gave it to Israel, contradicting continued Canaanite presence suggested in Joshua 15:60.

Joshua 11:23: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

Contradiction with Judges 1:8

Mentions Judah capturing Jerusalem, conflicting with Joshua 15:60 which implies continued habitation near Jerusalem.

Judges 1:8: Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Contradiction with Judges 1:21

States Benjamites did not drive out Jebusites from Jerusalem, highlighting incomplete conquest contrary to Joshua 15:60 mentioning assigned territories.

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.
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