(February 10, 2016 at 9:39 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: No, you've begged the question. You've assumed the list is given chronologically in order to prove the list is chronological in order to prove a violation of the law of non-contradiction. You have yet to prove that the propositional statement: "the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum" is synonymous with "Shallum is younger than Zedekiah." It is factual that the brother's are listed. The criteria by which the brother's are listed isn't explicit.
And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
Notice the word "first-born"? That's in the Young's Literal Translation, and all other English translations I've checked have the term "first-born" as well.
So this means the list is meant to be chronological in order by age.
