Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 19:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 19:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 19:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Joshua, this verse tells us about the land that was given to a group of people called the tribe of Asher. They received a special place with 22 cities and their nearby villages as part of their home.

Joshua 19:30: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:13

This verse calls the cities given to Hiram "Cabul," which means displeasing, implying they were not valuable, contradicting the implication in Joshua 19:30 that those regions were an inheritance and thus valued.

1 Kings 9:13: And he said, What cities [are] these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. [Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty]

Contradiction with Judges 1:31

This verse mentions that the tribe of Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco or Achzib, among others, suggesting incomplete conquest, contrary to the allotment completion implied in Joshua 19:30.

Judges 1:31: Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

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