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originally posted by: Septimus
a reply to: Klassified
The average person doesn't go looking for these kinds of contradictions either.
originally posted by: Septimus
a reply to: Klassified
The average person doesn't go looking for these kinds of contradictions though, and probably never would have noticed this unless they were specifically looking for a screw up somewhere. It's an old contradiction, and has been parroted, explained, and argued for years.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: Abednego
Neither Kings nor Chronicles are the original court chronicles.
They are both histories written later using the original chronicles and other material, and they even say so.They keep saying "You will find more details about this reign in the original chronicles of the kings", which no longer exist.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: Abednego
The two accounts were written by two people with two different viewpoints.
The inconsistency shows how much the people who collected and arranged the Bible respected the material they found, because they did not make a point of going through it all and harmonising everything to one viewpoint.
originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: Abednego
It really comes down to the individual christian, and how they believe. You have those who believe the bible is infallible, and therefore, there are no errors or contradictions in it. Then you have those who believe the bible is inspired, and god didn't try to micro-manage it, because it was unnecessary to accomplish his goals.
For the first group, this contradiction, among many others in scripture poses a problem. Especially for those who only believe the majority text, which the KJV is based on, is the inerrant word of god.
For the second group, it poses no problem at all, because the core message of the bible is intact. Even a thousand contradictions doesn't change "God's" message to us.
So both DISRAELI and Septimus are correct from their respective postion.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: Abednego
The two accounts were written by two people with two different viewpoints.
The inconsistency shows how much the people who collected and arranged the Bible respected the material they found, because they did not make a point of going through it all and harmonising everything to one viewpoint.
originally posted by: Abednego
originally posted by: Septimus
a reply to: Klassified
The average person doesn't go looking for these kinds of contradictions either.
You are quite right average people will read these texts and will not realize the contradiction. However I have to point something out (I'm just assuming). Every King had a scribe to put in paper anything he says or decreed.
There is supposed to be only one valid document. Just thinking.