Please explain this clear Bible error.

The 36th year in is probably supposed to be the 26th year. The original would have been correct, but over hundreds of years of hand written coppies, a few mistakes were made. Expecially in Kings and Chronicles.

If the 35th year was really supposed to be the 25th year, that solves the rest of the problem and both account would then agree with each other. I am basing this assumption on the fact that 2 Chr 14:1 says that in the days of Asa the land had rest for 10 years, not 20.

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Sorry about the large cut and past job...I did check with the site and it was ok with them as long as you copy the entire article.I am a Bible believing Christian and believe that the Bible is inerrant, but there are a few minor discrepencies that have crept into the text over time. There does not exist a 100% copy of the original text. These minor problems do not take away from the message of God and salvation of man.People want to point to a couple of problems with a number or the spelling of a name and throw out the entire Bible. When in reality, the objective reader of God's word must admit that it is a miricle that it is in as good of shape as it is. No other collection of books have ever stood the test of time that the Bible has been through.All of the errors that I have ever seen are in the OT. As far as I know there are none in the NT because we have manuscirpts that date back to almost the time of the original writting.

What are you going to do with 1John 5: 7,8 ?For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood;
and the three are in agreement. NIVI don't see a problem with these verses except possibly in another translation. You have to remember that the translations are not inspired only the originals.You have no problem with me trying to gleen the truth through the errors that may have crept into the text.

This is true. We have not uncovered the original autographs for the new testament. We do have copies and quotations from chruch fathers that date back almost to the originals. The best Greek documents we have say that the NIV translation given earlier for 1 john 5:7,8 is a good translation.

I never claimed that the KJV was inerrant. They obviously added several words to this verse for no good reason. Newer translations like the NIV did not do that in this case anyway. The best greek texts do not support the added words in the KJV

ConsequentAtheist asks:"Two points:1. What originals, specifically?
2. Was Timothy inspired, and how do you know?"1. The Textus Receptus (TR), Which the KJV is based is a collection of late manuscripts written after the 10th century that has several mistakes compaired with older manuscripts found after 1611 when the KJV was originally published. The originals that I spoke of were the originals written by the inspired apostle John in the first century around AD 90. Since we don't have this today, we have to go back to the oldest manuscripts, which are copies of John's letter. These predate the TR by hundredes of years to the second and third centuries.2. I'm not sure I understand your question about Timothy. He did not write any of the books of the Bible and is probably not inspired. However, 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy were written by the apostle Paul and he was inspired. 2 Peter 3:15,16 refer to Paul's writings as scriptures.