Does the Bible have contradictions? Or, are they mere difficulties that are cleared up when the context is examined? This list of supposed contradictions are answered by context, logic, and cross-referencing for clarity. There are no Bible contradictions. Here, we look at Bible difficulties from Joshua to Esther.
Introduction
Joshua
Judges
1 Samuel
- 15:2-3, Why would God order the destruction of men, women, and children?
- 16:19-23, Did or did not Saul know who David was?
- 17:50, Who killed Goliath, David or Elhanan?
- 17:55-58, Did or did not Saul know who David was?
- 21:1 and Mark 2:2, was Abiathar or Ahimelech the high preist
- 31:4, Who killed Saul, Saul or the Amalekite?
2 Samuel
- 1:8-10, Who killed Saul, Saul or the Amalekite?
- 6:23, Did Michal have any children or not?
- 8:4, How many horsemen were captured, 1700, 7000?
- 10:18, How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7000?
- 21:8, Did Michal have any children or not?
- 21:19, Who killed Goliath, David or Elhanan?
- 24:1, Who incited David to count the men, God or Satan?
- 24:9, How many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel?
- 24:13, How many years of famine were threatened?
1 Kings
- 4:26, How many stalls of horses did Solomon really have?
- 5:16, How many supervisors were there, 3,300 or 3,600?
- 7:26, How many baths, 2,000 or 3,000?
- 22:22, Why did God send a lying spirit if God cannot lie?
2 Kings
- 2:11, Did anyone ascend into heaven before Jesus or not?
- 2:23-24, Why did God kill 42 lads merely for saying Elisha was bald?
- 8:26, How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule?
- 24:8, How old was Jehoiachin when he became king?
- 24:8, How long did Jehoiachin rule over Jerusalem?
1 Chronicles
- 18:4, How many horsemen were captured, 1700, 7000?
- 19:18, How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7000?
- 21:1, Who incited David to count the men, God or Satan?
- 21:5, How many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel?
- 21:12, How many years of famine were threatened?
2 Chronicles
- 2:2, How many supervisors were there, 3,300 or 3,600?
- 4:2, The diameter of a bowl is mathematically incorrect
- 4:5, How many baths, 2,000 or 3,000?
- 9:25, How many stalls of horses did Solomon really have?
- 11:20, Who was King Abijah’s mother?
- 13:2, Who was King Abijah’s mother?
- 20:1-2, Is there a geographical error in 2 Chronicles 20? The problem of “Aram”
- 22:2, How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule?
- 36:9, How old was Jehoiachin when he became king?
- 36:9, How long did Jehoiachin rule over Jerusalem?
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