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NASB | 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies as they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of pestilence (plague) in your land? Now consider this and decide what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." |
Bible Question:
Dear Sir, I want to clarify the difference of 7 years and 3 years of the same event from the bible. Please help me to solve my query. Thank you for your attention. 2 Samuel 24:13 So Gad went to David and said to him, "Shall there come upon you three [ 24:13 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 21:12); Hebrew [seven ] ] years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me." (Whole Chapter: 2 Samuel 24 In context: 2 Samuel 24:13-14) 1 Chronicles 21:12 three years of famine, three months of being swept away [ 21:12 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 24:13) [ of fleeing ] ] before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord -days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.' Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me." (Whole Chapter: 1 Chronicles 21 In context: 1 Chronicles 21:12-13) |
Bible Answer: Greetings Samuel Chung! Here are a few quotes about this discrepancy that I would like to share with you.. "[1 Chronicles] 21:12 "Three years" here is correct; "7 years" in 2 Sam. 24:13 is most likely a copyist's error, since it seems 3 years, 3 months, 3 days is the intent." (1) "[2 Samuel] 24:13 seven years of famine. According to 1 Chron. 21:12 and the LXX, this should read "three years." (2) "[1 Chronicles] 21:12 three years of famine. 2 Sam. 24:13 reads "seven years of famine," but the Septuagint reads "three years" there." (3) "I Chronicles 21:12 three year's famine. In 2 Sa 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there [tria (5140) ete,] three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter [Zayin,] zayin, seven, being mistaken for [Giymel,] gimmel, three." (4) "II Samuel 24:13 Verse 13. Shall seven years of famine] In #1Ch 21:12, the number is three, not seven; and here the Septuagint has three, the same as in Chronicles: this is no doubt the true reading, the letter zain, SEVEN, being mistaken for gimel, THREE. A mistake of this kind might be easily made from the similarity of the letters." (5) Blessings to you, Makarios Sources: (1) MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur (2) Ryrie Study Bible, Expanded Edition, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, Th. D., Ph. D. (3) The Zondervan NASB Study Bible, 1999, the Zondervan Corporation, Kenneth Barker, General Editor (4) Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others about 1880, with introduction by R.A. Torrey. (5) Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (www.godrules.net) |
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