Alleged Discrepancies of the Bible

19 29, 30 20:1 1–18 1–31 12 17 19 22 29 21:1–25 16 17 Acts 1:3 5 8 9, 12 13 18 24

25 2:1–4 4 17 18 23 34 3:15 17 21 4:8 19 34, 35 5:3 4 29 31 7:4 5 14 15, 16

29 30, 32 48 52 59 60 8:27 29 32 37 39 9:1 6 7 10–16 10:3 9 13 15 34 38, 44

11:18 12:7 13:2 20 21 22 39 48 15:10 28 16:1, 3 6 7 17:26 30 31 18:26 19:34 20:9, 10 28 21:9

22:9 26:14 23 28:25 Romans 1:13 20 24, 25 2:5 6 7 9, 10 11 13 14, 15 16 29 3:18 20 23 28

4:2 5 5:8, 10 12 18, 19 20 6:9 11 7:10 18 8:14, 15, 16 26 27 28 29 30 38, 39 9:1 11 11–13 16

18 10:5 11:26 32 33 12:14 20 13:1, 2 3, 4 5 14 14:5 6 10 14 15 15:2 20, 30 33 16:5 12

27 1 Corinthians 1:14, 17 29 2:8 10, 11 15 3:6, 8 11 17 4:15 5:12 6:2, 3 9 10 7:1 2 6 8 12 18

23 25 26, 27 32, 33, 38 40 8:4, 5 6 8, 9–13 11 9:22 24 10:8 19 20, 21 25 33 11:1–34 3 4 5 14

23–26 12:3 8, 11 31 13:1–3 1–13 7, 8 14:1–40 33 34 35 39 15:5–8 6 9, 10 15 20 21 22 24, 25, 28 31

36 51 52 16:19 22 2 Corinthians 3:7, 13 5:6 8 10 21 6:16 11:5 17 18 20 12:11 Galatians 1:8 10 13

2:3, 4 6 8 16 20 3:1 11, 12 13 17 21 29 4:8–11 10 24 28 5:2 15 20 22, 23 6:2, 5 Ephesians

2:1 3 5, 6, 10 19 20 3:8 4:18 25 26 30 5:14 22, 24 25, 33 6:4 6 9 17 24 Philippians 1:21 23

2:5, 6 7 8 10, 11 12, 13 15 3:11, 12, 15 19 4:3 4 5 Colossians 2:3 5 8, 9 14 16 3:3 9 10 20, 21

22 1 Thessalonians 2:4 4:6 14 15 15–17 17 5:19 2 Thessalonians 1:8 9 2:1, 2, 3 7 9 9–12 11 13 1 Timothy 1:17 2:3, 4

5 6 8 11, 12 3:15, 16 4:7 10 16 5:6 8 19, 20 23 6:9, 10 15, 16 16 17 18 20 2 Timothy 1:10 2:14

24 25 3:12 16 4:14 Titus 2:11 Hebrews 1:1 8 2:4 17 3:8 4:3 9 13 15 5:7 8 6:4–6 13

17 18 7:14 19 26 8:1 9:4 26 27 28 10:4 5, 6 11 26–29 27 31 38 39 11:5 8 12

13 16 17 21 27 32 33 37 39 40 12:6 8 11 17 23 29 13:4 14 20 James 1:2

5, 6 13 17 19, 20 25 2:5 12 14, 17, 21 22, 24 25 26 3:15 16 17 4:3 8 5:1–3 11 12 17 19, 20

1 Peter 1:2 17 18, 19 2:7 8 11 13, 14 18 23 25 3:5, 6 9 13 17, 18 18–20 4:6 7 5:8 2 Peter 1:19

20, 21 2:4 21, 22 3:7 9 10 1 John 1:8 2:1 3:2 6, 9 14, 15 4:9 16 7 14 16 18 20 Jude 3

6 Revelation 2:11 3:1 4:6–8 8 5 12 6:9 10 16 7:14 10:5 6 11:18 12:12 13:13, 14 18 14:10, 11 13 19:11, 13, 15

20:9 10 11 12 13, 15 21:3 8

General Index Aaron, death where, 356. Abel-beth-maachah, names, 364. Abigail, father of, 315. Abijah, mother, 317; hypocrisy, 317. Abraham, equivocation, 35; temptation, 86; sacrifice of Isaac, 238; difficulty with Pharaoh, 315; with Abimelech, 315; inheritance gained, 316; prolonged virility, 316; weakness and timidity, 316; marriage with Keturah, 316, 335; destination, 356; sons, 371; age at migration, 382. Absalom, sons, 371; tarry at home, 382. Achan, children slain, 93, 237–38. Adam, death when, 382. Adultery tolerated and forbidden, 254. Agag mentioned prematurely, 383. Ahab, deceived by Micaiah, 103; death where, 357; death when, 385.

Ahaz, favoring religion, 317; invincible, 317; burial where, 357. Ahaziah of Israel, reign begun when, 386. Ahaziah of Judah, brethren’s fate, 317; grandfather, 318; death where, 357; age, 386; reign begun, 386. Ahimelech, high priesthood, 318. Ai, destruction, 389. Altar, material, 409-10. Amalek mentioned prematurely, 383. Amalekites, destruction, 99, 389; location, 358. Amasa, father of, 318. Amaziah, reign begun, 386. Ambuscade, number of men, 372. Ammonites, torture, 263; allies 318; land taken, 358. Anah, nationality, 319. Anak, sons’ fate, 319. Analogy of Bible and nature, 41. Anatomists, disagreement, 23. Angels seen, number, 376.

Anger approved and condemned, 245. Animal food, use restricted and unrestricted, 245– 46; kinds prohibited and allowed, 246. Animals, number employed by Christ, 374; number sacrificed, 374–76. Announcement made to Mary and to Joseph, 392. Apostles, lists of names, 320; called when, 392– 93; distinct from the “seventy disciples,” 393. Arab, sons, number, 371–72. Ark, location, 358–59; contents, 380; construction when, 393–95. Arrangement, different methods and principles, 22–23. Asa, mother, 320; removal of high places, 321; ten years’ tranquility, 386. Assassination sanctioned and for​bidden, 255–56. Authorship, differences, 19-20. Avenging of blood provided for and discountenanced, 256. Azariah, reign begun, 386; ended, 387. Baal, prophets slain, 264–65.

Baasha, death when, 387. Bacon, Francis, Christian Para​doxes, 21. Balaam, return whither, 359; permission and prohibition of jour​ney, 76–77. Baptism enjoined and neglected, 256. Barley and lentiles, field, 410. Beasts, slain where, 359; number entering Noah’s ark, 377. Bedan, judge of Israel, 321. Beersheba named twice, 395–396. Benevolence of God, He withholds and bestows blessings, 94–95; hardens men’s hearts, and they do it, 95–97; is warlike and peaceful, 97–98. Benjamin, birthplace, 359; number of sons, 375. Benjamites, number slain, 377. Bethel, conquered when, 390; named twice, 395– 396. Bethsaida, twofold location, 359. Bethshemites, 50070 slain, 98–99. Bible, analogy to nature, 41–44; compared with other books, 54; moral influence undiminished,

56–59. Bleek, definition of miracle, 126. Blessing gained by those who see and those who see not, 219. Blind men, number healed, 376. Blood, poured and sprinkled, 220; covered with dust and poured out, 220. Boasting tolerated and repudiated, 246–47; Paul’s case, 247; Moses’ case, 247–48. Brown, Dr. Thos., definition of mir​acle, 127. Burdens, our own and others, to be borne by us, 257. Caleb, father of, 321. Calling men “father,” forbidden and exemplified, 257. Canaan cursed, 91–92, 300–301. Canaan, land, in state of famine, 359; conquered speedily, 390; extent of subjugation, 390. Canaanites, extirpated, 265–68, 321–22; spared for test of Israel, 322; destroyed suddenly, 390; smitten when, 391–92.

Capital punishment inflicted and omitted, 257. Captives, spared and put to death, 258; number taken by Nebuchad​nezzar, 375. Cattle of Egypt, extent of destruction, 410. Census of Israelites, made when, 396–97. Chapiter, length, 373. Chastity tested in diverse ways, 258. Children, of Bethel, slain by bears, 268–69; treatment, 285–86. Christ, divinity, 110–40; omnipotence, 114–15; omniscience, 115–117; omnipresence, 117–18; holiness, 118–19; mercy, 119–20; courage and fortitude, 120–21; veracity, 121–22; mission, 122–24; miracles, 124–29; modes of representing him, 129–32; sacrifice, 132–33; intercession, 133–34; coming, 134–38; kingdom, 138–40; name, 140; execution, 220–21; bearing of the cross, 322; last drink, 322; genealogy, 323– 24; last tour, 324; concealment of miracles, 324; resurrection, 324–27; revelation of truth, 327; use of parables, 327; approach by centurion, 341–42;

ascension, 360; first reappearance, 360; first sermon, 360; number of appearances, 376–377; conveyance upon mountain, 393; beginning of preaching, 393; anointing, 316; crucifixion, 397; entombment, 397–98; infancy, order of events, 398. Christ, execution. See Execution of Christ. Christians, bearing of weapons by, permitted and forbidden, 258–59. Chronology, Oriental methods, 25. Circumcision, instituted and discarded, 259–60; not to be omitted, yet neglected forty years, 260; profitable, yet useless, 260. Cities, location, 360; pertained to what tribe, 36– 61. Cities of refuge, number, 375. Cities and villages, number, 377. City, Levitical, dimensions, 377–78. Collusion of sacred writers dis​proved, 44–45. Coming of Christ, in humility and in grandeur, 134; before and after “times of Gentiles,” 13–36;

near and far off, 136–37; before and after world evangelized, 137–38. Commutation for murder, not allowed, yet permitted, 260–61. Computation, different methods, 23–26; Oriental methods in general, 25; Hebrew methods, 385– 86. Concubine, wife of inferior rank, 294. Conduct of David, strayed and did not stray, 222; heart perfect, yet he sinned, 222–23. Contention and strife enjoined and forbidden, 261. Conversion of men, effected by oneself and by another, 261–62. Convocations and feasts, number, 376. Country of two demoniacs, 361. Courage and fortitude of Christ, shrank, yet shrank not, at death, 120–21. Covenant, basis, religious laws and civil laws, 221. Covering of sin approved and de​nounced, 221. Coveting enjoined and prohibited, 248.

Creation, order of events, 393. Creation of man, made like God; this likeness acquired, 159–60; made in divine image; with sexual distinctions, 160; made like God; none like him, 160. Crimes specified, different lists, 221–22. Critic’s imagination, source of discrepancies, 34– 37. Crooked made straight, 410–11. Dan named twice, 395. Daniel, exaltation, 327; tarry at Babylon, 398–99. Dates, difference, source of discrep​ancies, 17–19. David, perils in wilderness of Ziph, 35; sparing Saul in cave, 35; temptation to number the people, 86–87; general conduct, 222; perfectness of heart, 222–23; detention at Saul’s court, 327– 28; building of temple forbidden, 328; officers’ names, 328; relation to Achish, 328; sons’ names, 329; sons’ priesthood, 329; tempter, 329–330; warriors’ names, 330; capture of Philistine city, 361; three anointings, 396.

Death of man, all must die, but some die not, 183– 84; Lazarus not to die, yet did die, 184; man’s death like a beast’s, and different, 184–85; death ceases, and still exists, 185; men immortal, yet God only so, 185–86; men kill souls, and cannot kill them, 186–87; immortality possessed, and to be acquired, 187. Deaths by plague, number, 373. Debir conquered several times, 391. Degrees of future punishment, alike and different, 209–10. Deluge, duration, 399. Demoniacs, number healed, 377. Descent of Christ into hades, patristic view of, 191. Destruction of the earth, indestructible, yet to be destroyed, 214–215. Disciples, outfit, 155–56; tarry, where, 261–62. Distrust enjoined and precluded, 262. Divinity of Christ, is God and man, 110–111; one with, yet distinct from, the Father, 111; equal

with, yet inferior to Him, 111–12; Son is God, and Father only God, 112; is Son of God, and Son of man, 113; only Son of God, yet men are sons, 113–14. Divinity of Holy Spirit, is God, yet subordinate, 143–44. Divorce allowed and restricted, 262–63. Dor conquered twice, 391. Drought and famine, duration, 399. Duration of future punishment, unending, yet will terminate, 210–12. Duty, revelation of, gradual, 18. Earth, destruction, 214–15; dried twice, 399; founded, 411; saturated, 411. Ebrard, illustration of messenger, 325. Edomites hated and not hated, 269; hindered Israel’s passage, 330–31; inhospitable, 331; slain, how many, 373. Edwardses, the two, case, 35–36. Effort, human, encouraged and depreciated, 248– 49.

Egyptians visible and not seen, 356. Ehud, slaughter of Eglon, 255. Ela, reign, duration, 387. Elhanan, victim, 332. Eli, family discipline, 331. Eliakim, predecessor, 331. Elijah, mockery of Baal’s prophets, 274–75; journey to Horeb, 370. Elimelech, indigence, 331. Elisabeth, tribal descent, 332. Elisha, deception of Syrians, 274–75. Elkanah, nationality, 332–33. Employments of heaven, incessant praise, yet rest and quiet, 217. Enemies, treatment, cruelty employed and prohibited, 263–75; case of Ammonites, 263–64; of Moabites, 264; of Baal’s prophets, 264–65; of young Bethelites, 268–69; of Edomites, 269; enemies cursed and loved, 270–73; treated kindly, and put to pain, 273–74; ridiculed, and addressed mildly, 274–75.

English letters, similarity, 31. Ephraim, land located, 362. Epithets, opprobrious, forbidden and em- ployed, 275. Esau, wives’ names, 332–33; settlement in Seir when, 399–400. Eternity of God, his origin from eternity, yet in time, 68. Eutychus, death, 333. Execution of Christ, lawful and un​lawful, 220–21. Exodus of Israelites, time, 400. Extent of salvation, all Israel saved, yet only a portion, 212–13; all men saved, yet some not saved, 213–14. Extirpation of Canaanites, grounds, 265–68. Faith and works, contrast, 8, 167–69. Famine, duration, 382. Fast, observance enjoined and neglected, 223–24; of seventh month, on what day, 400. Fear of persecutors forbidden and exemplified, 275–76.

Feast, of unleavened bread, instituted when, 394; duration, 400; of tabernacles under Zerubbabel, 400. Final judgment. See Judgment, final. Firstborn sons dedicated and re​deemed, 224. Firstling animals redeemed and not redeemed, 224; redeemed with money and not thus, 225; sancti​fied and not sanctified, 225. Folly, remediable and irremediable, 276; answered in one way, and in a different, 276–77. Forces, Josiah’s, stationed, 362. Foreskins, number, 373. Fruit trees spared and destroyed, 277. Fruits of Holy Spirit, love and vengeance, 144; gentleness and fury, 144. Future punishment, nature, 202–208; instruments, 208–209; degrees, 209–10; duration, 210–12. Genealogical lists, diverse, 323–24, 333–34. Generations, number, 378. Gershom, relatives’ names, 334. Gezer, names, 364; conquest when, 390.

Gibeonites, nationality, 334. Gifts of returned captives, amount, 371–72. Gilgal mentioned prematurely, 383. God, omnipotence, 63–64; omniscience, 64–65; omnipresence, 66–67; eternity, 68; unity, 68–70; immateriality, 70–71; immutability, 71–77; inaccessibility, 77–79; inscrutability, 79–80; invisibility, 80–83; holiness, 83–89; justice, 89– 94; benevolence, 94–98; mercy, 98–102; veracity, 103–105; habitation, 106–108; position, 108; law, 108–10; work ended, 400; worship begun, 409. Golden calf, destruction, 411–12. Goliath, armor, placed where, 362; head carried whither, 362. Good works exhibited and concealed, 277. Gospel, preached where, 363. Greek letters, similarity, 31. Greek terms descriptive of future punishment, 211–12. Habitation of God, in light, and in darkness, 106;

in chosen temples, and not in them, 106–107; in eternity, and with men, 107–108; in heaven, and in Zion, 108. Hair, long, worn by men, 246. Halting places of Israelites, 363–65. Havoth-Jair, number of cities, 375; named when, 395–396. Hazael, anointed by whom, 335. Hazor conquered twice, 391. Heads of people, number, 375. Heaven, occupants, 215–16; employments, 217; preparation when, 401. Hebrew letters, similarity, 30. Hebrew midwives, case, 288. Hebrew numbers, method of ex​pressing, 24–25. Hebrew terms, descriptive of future punishment, 203. Hebrews’ land, premature mention, 383. Hebron mentioned prematurely, 383–84; king conquered when, 391. Heretics treated harshly and gently, 278.

Hezekiah, indigence, 335–36; passover, 336; age at accession, 387. Hiram, mother, nationality, 334. Hodge, Prof. C., definition of miracle, 125. Holiness of Christ, is holy and is sin, 118; blessed and a curse, 118–19. Holiness of God, author of evil, yet not its author, 83–85; jealous and free from jealousy, 85–86; tempts men and tempts them not, 86–87; respects and respects not persons, 87–88; angry and not angry, 82; may be and cannot be tempted, 88–89. Holy Spirit, personality, 141–44; divinity, 143–44; fruits, 144; beginning, 401; bestowment, 401. Horeb, relation to Sinai, 368. Hormah, conquered when, 391–92. Horsemen, number, 373. Horsemen or footmen, 373. Hosea’s wife, unchastity, 254–55. Hoshea, reign begun, 387. House and porch, height, 373. “Howland Will case,” 44.

Human effort. See Effort, human. Hypothesis, logical value, 58. Idolatry forbidden and practiced, 225–26; punished and passed by, 226. Idol meats nonessential, yet to be shunned, 249. Image-making sanctioned and for​bidden, 226–27. Images disposed of, how, 412. Imagination of critic, source of discrepancies, 34– 37. Immateriality of God, a spirit, yet material, 70–71. Immutability of God, unchangeable and repenting, 71–75; satisfied and dissatisfied, 75; destroys and destroys not, 75; abhors and does not abhor, 76; permits and forbids, 76–77, Improvidence enjoined and forbid​den, 278–79. Inaccessibility of God, approachable and not accessible, 77–78; all and not all seekers find, 78; early seekers succeed and fail, 78–79. Incest, alleged case of Abraham, 279–80. Inscrutability of God, attributes revealed and hidden, 79–80; wonders recounted and

numberless, 80. Inspiration, relation to authorship, 19–20; not limited to the same phra​seology, 19–20. Inspiration of Scriptures, all inspired, yet portions uninspired, 145–46. Instruments of future punishment, shame and a whirlwind, 208–209; a worm and a tempest, 209; dark​ness and fire, 209. Intellect stimulated by discrep​ancies, 39–41. Intercession of Christ, only Mediator, yet Spirit intercedes, 133–34; intercedes for world and not for world, 134. Intermediate state of man, dead unconscious and conscious, 188–90; dead asleep and awake, 190– 91; devoid of, yet possess knowledge, 191–94; exercise mental powers, and not so, 194–95; in darkness and in glory, 195–96; not with Christ, yet righteous with him, 196–97; in same place, yet in different places, 197; in the dust, yet saints with God, 197–98. Interval before passover, 400; before

transfiguration, 400. Invisibility of God, seen and unseen, 80–83; similitude visible and not vis​ible, 83. Isaac, equivocation, 35, 316; sacrifice by father, 237–38. Ishbosheth, reign begun, 387. Ishmael, age at expulsion, 401–402. Israel, support, 340; sight, 356; reception of new name, 396. See also “Jacob.” Israel, sin ineffaceable and may be removed, 228; boundary, 365–66. Israelites, claim to Canaan, 280–81; condition in desert, 336–38; dwellings, 338; imitation of heathen, 338; hearkening to Moses, 339; practice of idolatry, 339; repulse of Philistines, 339; resistless might, 339; comparative strength, 339; death in wilderness, 351; halting places, 363–65; station where, 364; return whither, 366; arrival at Sinai, 394; duration of bondage, 402–403; tarry in Heshbon, 403; length of wanderings, 409. Jacob, name derived, 313–14; brought out of

Egypt, 340; errand, 340; mode of securing birthright, 340; support, 340; daughters, 374; family, 379; age at flight, 403; time of sons’ birth, 403–404. Jael, slaughter of Sisera, 255. Jair, cities, number, 375. Jebus, conquest when, 392. Jeduthun, sons, number, 375. Jehoahaz, reign begun, 387; duration, 387. Jehoash, reign begun, 387. Jehoiachin, son, 341; age at accession, 387; capture, 387–88; deliver​ance, 388. Jehoiakim, successor, 341; death where, 366; fourth year, 388. Jehoram, sons’ fate, 341. Jehoshaphat, league with Ahaziah, 341. Jehovah, name unknown, 404. Jehu, anointed by whom, 335. Jephthah, sacrifice of daughter, 238–39. Jericho captured twice, 392. Jeroboam, residence, 366.

Jeroboam II, contemporary with Uzziah, 388. Jerusalem, a delight and a provocation, 228; belonged to what tribe, 367; burned when, 382; captured when, 382; change of name, 383–84. Jesse, number of sons, 375. Jesus approached by centurion and elders, 341– 42. See also under “Christ.” Jethro, identity, 348–49. Jewess, marriage restricted to tribe, 281–82. Joab, crimes punished, 255. Job, flocks and herds, size, 175; survival of his children, 342. John, identity with Elias, 342; acquaintance with Jesus, 394. Jonah (Jonas), sign adduced, 156. Joram, of Israel, reign begun, 388. Jordan, meaning of phrase “this side,” 367; time of crossing, 400. Joseph, derivation of name, 314; purchasers’ nationality, 334–35; imprisonment, 342–43; keeper, 342; deportation, 343.

Joshua, conquest of kings, 343; of Canaan, 367; reception of name, 384. Josiah, extirpation of idolatry, 343; sons, 343; death where, 367; re​formation begun, 388. Jotham, duration of reign, 388–89. Judah, duration of reign, 150–51. Judas, manner of death, 343–44. Judges, appointed by whom, 344–45; period of rule, 404–405. Judging of David, desired and deprecated, 228– 29. Judging of others forbidden and allowed, 282. Judgment final, of man, ascribed to God and to man, 199; attributed to and disclaimed by Christ, 200; administered by God, and by men also, 200– 201. Judicial purpose of discrepancies, 46–47. Just man’s life by faith and by works, 229. Justice administered by different judges, 282–283. Justice of God, is just and unjust, 89–90; punishes for others’ sins, and not so, 91–93; slays the good

and spares them, 94. Justification of man, by faith and by works, 167– 69. Kadesh, situated where, 365. Keturah, connection with Abraham, 316, 334–35. Killing of men forbidden and sanc​tioned, 283–84. Kindred hated, yet loved, 284–86; parents honored and slighted, 285; children slain, yet cherished, 285–86. Kingdom of Christ, not of world, yet within Pharisees, 138–39; endless and will terminate, 139–40. Kings in Israel, premature mention, 384. Kish, father of, 345. Kohath, son of, 345–46. Korah, manner of death, 346–47; family’s fate, 347. Laadan, posterity, 346. Laban, father of, 346. Laish captured twice, 392. Land assigned twice, 396.

Laughter praised and condemned, 249–50. Law, given where, 368. Law of God, tends to liberty and to bondage, 108– 109; perfect, yet perfects nothing, 109; leads to life and to death, 109–10. Lazarus, death, 184; mode of egress from tomb, 347. Leadership of cloud, nature, 4412. Letters, similarity of Hebrew, 30; of Greek, 31; Hebrew used as numerals, 31; Greek used as numerals, 31; letters transposed, 312; letters confounded, 312–13. Levites portion, were settled, yet sojourners, 286– 87; had stated revenue, yet deemed mendicants, 287–88; part at inauguration of Joash, 345; number, 373; classes, 377; dimensions of cities, 373; land mentioned, 384; set apart when, 394; beginning of service, 405. Light, beginning of existence, 405–406. Lord’s supper, described, 157; time of instituting, 406.

Lot, daughters of, 280. Luz mentioned prematurely, 384. Lying countenanced and prohib​ited, 290. Machir, wife of, 346. Mahol, sons of, 346. Maiden, decease, 333. Malefactors, reviling, number, 374. Man, creation, 159–60; sinfulness, 160–66; repentance, 166; regeneration, 166–67; justification, 167–69; sanctification, 169; perfection, 169–70; final perseverance, 170–72; righteous, earthly lot, 172–80; wicked, earthly lot, 180–82; death, 183–87; intermediate state, 188– 98; resurrection, 198–99; final judgment, 199– 201; duty to God, 219–45; duty to himself, 245– 54; duty to fellowmen, 254–309; fear upon beasts, 348; life, duration, 406. Manasseh, repentance, 345. Manna, taste, 412–13. Man, own way followed and not followed, 250. Manuscripts, errors, 30–34; date, 52.