Contradictions
Genealogy
Questions where the tension is one of Genealogy — 46 in all.
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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
Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Samuel 3:3 names David's second son born in Hebron as Chileab, son of Abigail.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Samuel 3:2-5 lists David's six sons born in Hebron as Amnon, Chileab, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, and Ithream.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: 2 Samuel 12 narrates the birth of Solomon as the immediate replacement child after the death of Bathsheba's first son, implying Solomon is her second son.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: 2 Samuel 17:25 identifies Amasa's father as Ithra "an Israelite." 1 Chronicles 2:17 identifies him as Jether "the Ishmaelite." The discrepancy is both in the f…
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: 1 Kings 4:31 calls Heman a "son of Mahol" along with Ethan, Chalcol, and Darda.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Kings 7:13-14 says Hiram, Solomon's master craftsman, was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali.
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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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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: 1 Kings 19:16 calls Jehu the son of Nimshi.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: 2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2 call Athaliah "the daughter of Omri." 2 Kings 8:18 and 2 Chronicles 21:6 call her "the daughter of Ahab." Omri and Ahab are…
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Matthew 1:8 puts "Joram begat Ozias [Uzziah]" in Jesus' genealogy.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Chronicles 3:1-16 lists eighteen generations of Judahite kings between David and Jeconiah, the king carried off to Babylon.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 1:11 says "Josias begat Jechonias" — making Jeconiah the direct son of Josiah.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Chronicles 3:19 names Zerubbabel's father as Pedaiah.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Four biblical lists of Benjamin's sons give four mutually incompatible rosters.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Chronicles 25:4 lists fourteen sons of Heman by name: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshb…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Chronicles 24:20-21 narrates the stoning of Zechariah son of Jehoiada "in the court of the house of the Lord" — exactly the death scenario Jesus references i…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14 call the prophet Zechariah 'the son of Iddo.' Zechariah 1:1 calls him 'the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo,' which makes Iddo his gran…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 1:6-16 traces Jesus's lineage through David's son Solomon.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 1:16 names Jacob as the father of Joseph and therefore Jesus's paternal grandfather.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 1:16 names Joseph's father as Jacob, son of Matthan, in a Davidic line running through Solomon.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Matthew 1:17 explicitly structures the genealogy in three groups of fourteen, yielding 27 generations from David to Jesus.
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