Contradictions and Paradoxes in Judges 3:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Judges 3:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Judges 3:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the person gave a gift to someone important and then told the helpers who brought the gift to leave. It's like when you give a present and then your friends go home after helping you.

Judges 3:18: And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.

Contradiction with Judges 6:1

Israelites did evil again in the sight of the Lord, contradicting the idea of having peace mentioned in Judges 3:18 after the tribute was delivered.

Judges 6:1: And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 11:4

King Solomon’s heart turned away from the Lord, contrasting with the suggestion of loyalty or obedience to God in Judges 3:18.

1 Kings 11:4: For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, [that] his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as [was] the heart of David his father.

Contradiction with James 1:8

A double-minded man is unstable, conflicting with the implied decisiveness in action shown in Judges 3:18.

James 1:8: A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.

Contradiction with Romans 12:19

Believers are told to leave vengeance to God, conflicting with the action of Ehud taking vengeance in Judges 3:18.

Romans 12:19: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
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