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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: Jastemo Ordered by Date |
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1 | 2,000 or 3,000 baths? | 1 Kin 7:26 | Jastemo | 9309 | ||
I believe that it is as simple as different authors' method of estimates. The verses are meant for description, not for a blueprint. For example; perhaps the actual number was 2,613. The author of 1 Kings, perhaps being more conservative, said that it could hold 2,000 baths. The author of 2 Chron may have simply estimated and said it could hold 3,000. This morning, on an NPR news story about the squatters in South Africa, the report said that 20,000 people had settled there. This afternoon, another reporter on the same network, said that 15,000 people had settled there. Who is right? They both are close enough for their intended purpose. |
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2 | Why doesn't Saul know David? | 1 Sam 16:19 | Jastemo | 9306 | ||
As for the first question, the most likely answer is that Saul simply forgot who David was and/or his father's name. (Just because Saul referred to David as "youth" and "young man" doesn't necessarily mean that he didn't know who he was) Saul was, after all, a king, and as such I'm sure dealt with countless people every day. As for the second question; It is answered in 1 Sam 17:15 - "but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem." |
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