In the ill-fated census that King David performed, the books of Samuel and Chronicles seem to contradict each other in the final tally of fighting men in Israel and Judah. See the verses below: (2 Samuel 24:9) "Then Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the…
David initiated a census, which had disastrous consequences. The question arises, who actually prompted David to count the Israelites? Let’s see the two passages that allude to this: "Again, the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, 'Go, number Israel and Judah.” (2 Samuel 24:1) "Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number…
A researcher who studied parts of the Bible looking for what he believed were contradictions said the following: The Bible says that for every miracle that Moses and Aaron performed, the magicians did the same with their secret arts. But then how was the first miracle replicated? Moses and Aaron converted all the available water into blood (Exodus 7:20-21). The magicians did the same…
