Monthly Archives: January 2025

The Death of Jehoiakim is described as follows: 2 Kings 24:6 “So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers . . . ” (In Scripture, “he slept with his fathers” means “he died”. See, for example: 2 Kings 13:9,13; 14:16; 15:7,38) 2 Chronicles 36:6 “Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, […]

Acareful reading is all that is necessary to indicate that there is no contradiction. Hezekiah is commended because he “trusted”, 2 Kings 18:5. Josiah is commended because he “turned”, 2 Kings 23:25. Mutually exclusive statements are not made. 2 Kings 18:5 “He {Hezekiah} trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none […]

These two passages are sometimes cited as contradictions in the Bible. The one passage says that the high places were not removed. The other passages says they were removed. 1 Kings 15:14 “But the high places were not removed . . . “ 2 Chronicles 14:5  “Also he {Asa} took away out of all the cities […]

Some people have seen a contradiction here: 1 Samuel 15:35 “And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death . . . “ 1 Samuel 19:24 “{Saul} . . . prophesied before Samuel . . . “ But a contradiction requires an affirmation and denial of the same proposition. These two […]

In short – nothing. Because in Bible times the medical care that would allow humans to survive the heart stopping barely existed. While the idea of mouth-to-mouth breathing coupled with manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be traced back as far as references in the medical literature of Ancient Egypt (c. 2686 – c. 2181 BCE), […]