Clear Contradictions in the Bible part 3

How many stalls for horses did Solomon have?

(a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26)
(b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)
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In what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die?

(a) Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16:8)
(b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1)
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How many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple?

(a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2)
(b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16)
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Solomon built a facility containing how many baths?

(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26)
(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)
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Of the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab?

(a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6)
(b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11)
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How many were the children of Zattu?

(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
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How many were the children of Azgad?

(a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)
(b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)
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How many were the children of Adin?

(a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)
(b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)
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How many were the children of Hashum?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:19)
(b) Three hundred and twenty-eight (Nehemiah 7:22)
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How many were the children of Bethel and Ai?

(a) Two hundred and twenty-three (Ezra 2:28)
(b) One hundred and twenty-three (Nehemiah 7:32)
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Ezra 2:64 and Nehemiah 7:66 agree that the total number of the whole assembly was 42,360. Yet the numbers do not add up to anything close. The totals obtained from each book is as follows:

(a) 29,818 (Ezra)
(b) 31,089 (Nehemiah)
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How many singers accompanied the assembly?

(a) Two hundred (Ezra 2:65)
(b) Two hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:67)

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Clear Contradictions in the Bible part 2

How old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem?


(a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24:8)
(b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9)
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How long did he rule over Jerusalem?


(a) Three months (2 Kings 24:8)
(b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9)
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The chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time?


(a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23:8)
(b) Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11)
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When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after?


(a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6)
(b) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)
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How many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark?


(a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20)
(b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9)
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When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture?


(a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4)
(b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)
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Clear Contradictions in the Bible

Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?


(a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
(b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1)

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In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel?


(a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
(b) One million, one hundred thousand (IChronicles 21:5)

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How many fighting men were found in Judah?


(a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9)
(b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)

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God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?


(a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13)
(b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12)

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How old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem?


(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26)
(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2)
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