Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Samuel 24:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Samuel 24:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Samuel 24:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, this verse describes a part of a journey where people crossed the Jordan River and set up camp in a place called Aroer, near another area called Jazer. It's like saying they traveled and stopped at certain places along the way.

2 Samuel 24:5: And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that [lieth] in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: [river: or, valley]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:5

This verse contradicts 2 Samuel 24:5 by providing a different number for the census of the fighting men in Israel and Judah.

1 Chronicles 21:5: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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