How many stalls and horsemen did Solomon have? In 1 Kings 4:26 we read, “And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.” However, 2 Chronicles 9:25 records, “And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chaiots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, adn with the king at Jerusalem.” Is there a contradiction?
Is it folly to be wise? In Proverbs 4:7, Solomon is recorded as saying, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.” Solomon again, in Ecclessiastes 1:18 says, “For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” The apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:19, “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Is there a contradiction?
How many animals went into the ark? In Genesis 7:2, Moses writes, “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are nto clean by two, the male and his female.” A few verses later, Genesis 7:8-9, he records, “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth uponn the earth, there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded. Is there a contradiction?
Which came first in the creation account, beasts or mankind? Moses records in Genesis 1:25-26, “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” One chapter later, in Genesis 2:18-19 he writes, “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.”
Did Moses make a mistake in his writings? Is there a contradiction?
Is Jesus Equal to or lesser than the Father? In John 10:30, the apostle pens the words of Jesus, “I and My Father are one.” Again, His words are recorded in John 14:28, “Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Faher is greater than I.”
Has Jesus contradicted Himself?
Who was at the empty tomb? Mary Magdalene? Was it Mary Magdalene and the other Mary? Or was it Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome? Is there a contradiction between Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:1, and John 20:1?
Throughout the Bible, we encounter those who suffer from leprosy. This horrid disease brought with it a host of hardships. Of the dreadful affliction, Barnes writes:
“…though the appearance of the disease is at first in the skin, yet it is deeply seated in the bones, and marrow, and joints of the body…A leprous person may live twenty, or thirty, or even fifty years, if he received the disease at his birth, but they will be years of indescribable misery. The bones and marrow are pervaded with the disease. The malady advances, from one stage to another, with slow and certain ruin. Life still lingers amidst the desolation; the joints, and hands, and feet, lose their power; and the body collapses, or falls together, in a form hideous and awful.”
Who was Joseph’s father? Matthew 1:16 says, “Jacob begat Joseph,” but Luke 3:23 says Joseph “was the son of Heli.” Is there a contradiction?
Before the reign of King Charles IX in France, New Year’s celebrations began on March 25, concluding on April 1. In 1582, he decreed that with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, New Year’s be moved to January 1. Those who refused to accept the change or forgot were ridiculed with foolish gifts and invitations to non-existent parties, and identified as April Fools, or called in French, “poisson d’avril” (literally translated, April fish). With the acceptance of the Gregorian calendar, the custom spread throughout Europe and into the Americas.
A God of war (Exodus 15:3) or a God of peace (Romans 15:33)?
