Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joshua 19:42

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joshua 19:42 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joshua 19:42. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christian teachers, this verse is talking about some of the places that were given to a group of people called the Danites in the Bible. It's like saying, "Here are some of the towns where the Danites lived."

Joshua 19:42: And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

Contradiction with Joshua 15:9

The location descriptions differ for the region attributed to the tribes, suggesting a boundary inconsistency.

Joshua 15:9: And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which [is] Kirjathjearim:

Contradiction with Judges 1:34

Describes the Amorites as forcing the children of Dan into the mountains, contradicting the idea of settled inheritance in Joshua 19:42.

Judges 1:34: And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

Contradiction with Judges 18:1

Suggests the tribe of Dan was still seeking an inheritance, implying they did not possess Zorah and Eshtaol as stated in Joshua 19:42.

Judges 18:1: In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
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