Contradictions
1 Kings
Old Testament · questions that cite 1 Kings.
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These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.
Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled
Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, Amos 3:6, and a stack of prophetic passages including Jeremiah 4:6, 18:11 and 2 Kings 6:33 explicitly attribute the creation or…
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: 1 Kings 15:2 names Abijam's mother as Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: 1 Kings 15:8 says Asa was Abijam's son, succeeding him on the throne.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Chronicles 14:3-5 says Asa took away the high places out of all the cities of Judah.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Kings 16:6-8 says Baasha died and his son Elah began to reign in the 26th year of Asa, putting Baasha's death no later than Asa's 26th year.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: 1 Kings 19:16 calls Jehu the son of Nimshi.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: 1 Kings 19:19 says Elijah cast his mantle on Elisha at their first meeting, before any departure.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: 1 Kings 21:27-29 has Yahweh promising that because Ahab humbled himself, the threatened evil would not come in his days but in his son's.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Chronicles 17:5-6 says Jehoshaphat took away the high places.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Kings 15:14 and 2 Chronicles 15:17 both declare that "the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days." 2 Chronicles 16:7-10 then narrates Asa relyin…
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