Equally I could ask why they should be named. Is it to satisfy our modern ideas of what is right about publishing books? God is not bound by modern publishing conventions.
Why did God allow for translational inconsistencies in 2 Kings 24:8 & 2 Chronicles 36:9; 2 Kings 8:26 & 2 Chronicles 22:2; and 2 Samuel 10:18 & 1 Chronicles 19:18?
2Ki 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 2Ch 36:9 KJV Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did […]
What was Judas Iscariot’s occupation before he was one of Jesus’ disciples?
The Bible does not provide any information about Judas Iscariot’s occupation. We know only from John’s gospel that he was the son of Simon Iscariot. His role as keeper of the finances suggests that he may have had money handling experience as well as aptitude.
Why did the people not eat the lifestock in the wilderness?
The focus here is on the people’s dissatisfaction with the manna that God had miraculously provided. They remembered the very interesting diet when they were in Egypt of fish and vegetables of leeks, onions and garlic. “Why couldn’t God give us something more pleasant?” Whether they had enough livestock for meat is less important in […]
What is the relationship between King Darius and King Cyrus in the Bible?
Darius and Cyrus were names of Persian kings. In fact, there were several kings called Cyrus and Darius, but the ones relevant to the biblical record were Cyrus II (also known as Cyrus the great): 576–530 BC; Darius I (also known as Darius the great): 550–486BC. Cyrus II is mentioned in the Bible in 2 Chronicles 36:22-23; […]
How much was Jesus man, and how much was he God?
Jesus is man not God. 1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, For this verse to make any sense, since there is but one God, Jesus cannot be God. The idea that Jesus, the son of God, is in some way God, […]
Where do we get the belief that all the apostles were martyred except John? What early historical writers do we put faith in as being authoritative?
We are largely dependent on non-biblical sources for the records of the martyrdoms of twelve. This is not surprising when we consider that most of the NT books were written before 70 AD. Acts 12:2 records the death of James, son of Zebedee, who was executed by Herod. In 2 Tim 4:6 Paul refers to […]
When was Sodom destroyed?
There are two ways of approaching this question — using biblical chronological information to establish an approximate date for the event, or using whatever archaeological information is available that might suggest a destruction date. Unfortunately there is very little archaeological evidence available, although that hasn’t stopped people using what is there to suggest possible dates. […]
Is sprinkling baptism invalid or unbiblical? And what about infant baptism?
What we find in the Bible about baptism: Biblical baptism involves repentance, dying to serving sin symbolised by burial (immersion) in water, rising to a new life of serving God, symbolised by coming up out of the water. Romans 6:3-6 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus […]
Why does God “loosen Satan for a time” at the end of the age?
Rev 20:2-3 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After […]