Sorry, I've not been able to respond before the last thread ceased.
You Christians have had thousands of years to sort out the typos and contradictions in your book. You are close, particularly with the later editions, but the KJV has a few problems that you guys have to bend over backwards to rationalise.
Incognito wrote, in his usual arrogant and dismissive church elder tone:
40,000 vs. 4,000 stalls. I suggest you dissenting folks go back and read the word, "of." Once you've read the word "of," try and use it in a sentence. Then, after using it in a sentence, go back to 1 Kings 4:26 - And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots. Just in case Noah's age disputing guy doesn't understand syntax: Using the word "of" in this sentence implies that the 40,000 stalls of horses are for his chariots mentioned in 2 Chronicles 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots.
You could easily say, some scribe dropped a "0", but nooooo, not with the guiding power of the Holy Spirit.
In the above, the distinction between the use of the word "of" and "for" is largely immaterial. Both words associate the stalls with the horses and chariots.
So we have one verse 2 Chron. 9:25 claiming 4000 stalls for horses and chariots.
How many horse stalls for chariot horses is that? Does this also suggest that the chariots were parked in some of the stalls further reducing the number of stalls for chariot horses!?
1 Kings 4:26 claims 40000 stalls of horses for his chariots.
How many horse stalls for chariot horses is that? We not only have a numerical discrepency we have a conflict is proposed stall usage. Incognito, answer me, how many stalls did Solomon have for horses used for his chariots?????
Some of my other contradictions in the previous thread were merely dismissed with the unevidenced co-regency claim.
These ones weren't addressed:
How old was Jehoiachin when he began to reign?
8 (2Chronicles 36:9)
18 (2Kings 24:8)
How much gold was brought to Solomon from Ophir?
420 talents (1Kings 9:28)
450 talents (2Chronicles 8:18)
How long did God tell David he was to suffer famine?
3 years (1Chronicles 21:11-12)
7 years (2Samuel 24:13)
How many horsemen did David take with him from Hadadezer?
700 (2Samuel 8:4)
7,000 (1Chronicles 18:4)
This was addressed but remains a contradiction:
According to Genesis, Noah was 500 years old when he begat Shem (5:32). Noah was 600 years old when the Floodwaters were on the earth (7:6). Therefore, Shem was at least 100 years old when the Floodwaters were on the earth (600-500=100). But Shem was 100 years old when he begat Arphaxad, two years after the Flood (11:10) This is a mistake, if Shem begat Arphaxad two years after the Flood, then he should have been at least 102 years old.
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