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Seeming Discrepancies in the Biblical Numbers of the Hebrew Kings.\n[2] God’s plan for the Hebrew nation did not include a king….\n[3] …but as God predicted they would, the people asked for one.\n[4] First God chose Saul, and later David to be king of Israel.  When David died, his son Solomon became king and ruled for many years.\n[5] After Solomon’s death, the people came to his son Rehoboam, asking that he lighten the heavy load Solomon had put on them.\n[6] Rehoboam refused, saying he would make their load even heavier.\n[7] That is how—after Solomon’s death—/ the kingdom became divided.  / Rehoboam continued to rule in the south, / but Jeroboam led a revolt and became king in the north.\n[8] The books of first and second Kings tell the story of the divided kingdom.  As each new king comes to the throne, reference is made to the reigning ruler from the other kingdom as in these two examples:  “So in the 20th year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king in Judah.” “Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.”\n[9] But as these biblical numbers are examined they appear to be in almost constant contradiction with each other and other ancient historical records\n[10] Sometimes there appear to be conflicts about how long a particular king reigned.\n[11] For example, the Bible states that Nadab became king over Israel in the 2nd year of Asa king of Judah / and died in the 3rd year of Asa.  / That would be a reign of 1 year.  / But 1 Kings 15:25 says he reigned 2 years.\n[12] According to the biblical record, Baasha became king of Israel in the 3rd year of Asa / and died in the 26th year of Asa, / which looks like a reign of 23 years.  / But the Bible says he reigned for 24 years.\n[13] The Bible says that Omri became king of Israel in the 31st year of Asa.  / He reigned 12 years, 6 of them in Tirzah.  / But just a few verses later it says that he was succeeded by his son in the 38th year of Asa, / which would be reign of only 7 years.\n[14] Other times there appear to be conflicts about when a particular king began to reign\n[15] …like Joram whose reign is described as beginning in the 18th year of Jehoshaphat and the 2nd year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat.\n[16] In one verse it says that Ahaziah of Judah began to reign in the 12th year of Joram of Israel, while another verse says it was the 11th year of Joram.\n[17] In one instance, the Bible says that two kings began to rule, each before the other!  One verse says that Joram began to reign in the 2nd year of Jehoram, and another verse says that Jehoram began to reign in the 5th year of Joram!\n[18] There are a number of times when the total years of Israel are not the same as the total number of years of Judah for the same period.\n[19] One of these periods begins when Jehu became king in Israel and Athaliah became queen in Judah during the same year.  / The period ends when reigns ended in both kingdoms during the same year.  / Not only are the total years off from each other, but both are also off from contemporary years of Assyria.\n[20] Difficulties such as these have brought some of the most outstanding Old Testament scholars to the conclusion that this part of the Bible is hopelessly in error, hopelessly muddled, untrustworthy, and impossible to ungarble\n[21] The material in this presentation comes from the work of a biblical scholar who believed that “If we would understand the Bible, we must strive to understand its chronology, for from the opening of Genesis to the close of Revelation the Bible deals with time.”\n[22] In his book he demonstrates that once we understand the methods used by the early Hebrew recorders,  the Bible actually shows a pattern of internal harmony that matches other ancient records at every point where a precise contact occurs.\n[23] To begin to unravel this myste","cbCaibQADQlZqCLF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibQADQlZqCLF","docx",23500,7,"English","# Historical Reliability\n## Seeming discrepancies in biblical numbers\n## Conflicts in reign length and start dates\n## Israel vs Judah calendar-year differences\n## Accession-year vs nonaccession-year reckoning","[{\"question\":\"Why do biblical numbers for Hebrew kings appear contradictory?\",\"answer\":\"Reign years are often cross-referenced between Israel and Judah using different counting methods, which makes the same events map to different year spans. When compared, the figures can contradict one another and other ancient records.\"},{\"question\":\"How can a reign length discrepancy be explained using calendar overlaps?\",\"answer\":\"Because Israel and Judah began their calendar years in different months, a king’s “year 1” or “year 2” could overlap with two different calendar years. This timing difference changes how reign years are interpreted across kingdoms.\"},{\"question\":\"What is accession-year reckoning and why does it matter?\",\"answer\":\"Accession-year reckoning treats the partial period after a king’s rise as the accession year rather than the first regnal year. Counting the “first” year from the next new year can shift the apparent start and length of reigns.\"}]","Historical Reliability - Chronology of Hebrew Kings | DOCX",1788332113]