OK then, what about simple contradictions like this one?
How many men did the chief of David's captains kill?
2 Samuel 23:8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
1 Chronicles 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
So what was it, 800 or 300? I know a simple numerical error doesn't really amount to much, but if you claim there are no contradictions whatsoever in the bible, how are you going to spin this one?
I know, let me guess... they're not contradictory, because one verse is just expanding on the other, right? 1 Chronicles says that 300 men were killed, and the 2 Samuel is just expanding on that by mentioning those, plus 500 others that Chronicles didn't mention, correct?
How many men did the chief of David's captains kill?
2 Samuel 23:8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
1 Chronicles 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
So what was it, 800 or 300? I know a simple numerical error doesn't really amount to much, but if you claim there are no contradictions whatsoever in the bible, how are you going to spin this one?
I know, let me guess... they're not contradictory, because one verse is just expanding on the other, right? 1 Chronicles says that 300 men were killed, and the 2 Samuel is just expanding on that by mentioning those, plus 500 others that Chronicles didn't mention, correct?
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