SOME CONTRADICTIONS IN THE HOLY BIBLE

II SAMUEL 24                       And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go number Israel and Judah.

I CHRONICLES 21              And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David To number Israel.

Question:                               Was it the Lord that moved David to number Israel or was it Satan that provoked him?

II SAMUEL 24:13                 So God came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? Or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? Or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? Now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

I CHRONICLES 21:11,12   So God came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee.  Either three years famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.  Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

Question:                               Was it Seven years of famine or three years of famine?

II CHRONICLES 36:9          Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

II KINGS 24:8                        Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.  And his mother was Hehushta, the daughter of Elnathan or Jerusalem.

Question:                               How old was Jehoiachin when he reigned in Jerusalem? Was he eight years old or eighteen years old? And did he reign for three months or three months and ten days?

II SAMUEL 10:18                 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the Captain of their host, who died there.

I CHRONICLES 19:18        But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shobach the Captain of the host.

Question:                               How many Syrians did David slew? Was it seven hundred or seven thousand?

I KINGS 7:26                         And it was a handbreath thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

Question:                               How many baths did Solomon’s house contain? Was it two thousand or three thousand? 

II CHRONICLES 9:25          And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

I KINGS 4:26                         And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Question:                               Did Solomon have four thousand stalls of horses or forty thousand?