Abraham and The Lost Tribes

The conflicting history of Kings and Chronicles

The Bible book of Chronicles appears to have been written specifically for the purpose of disagreeing with the portrayal of history, doctrine and the interpretation of events in other narratives. The Chronicles consist of edited versions of events recorded in other books. There are two 'historical' books that share many features in common, the books of Kings and Chronicles. The books are similar in style and cover much of the same ground

David killed 700 Aramaeans in chariots and forty thousand horsemen, mortally wounding Shophach. In 1 Chronicles Chapter 19 verse 18 the edited version states that David killed 7,000 Aramaeans in chariots and forty thousand infantry men, killing Shophach

In the book of Samuel we are told that Jesse had eight sons: "And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "YAHWEH has not chosen these." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, but behold, he is keeping the sheep."" (1 Samuel Chapter 16 verse 10)

"Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons." (1 Samuel Chapter 17 verse 12) . In Chronicles, we are told, had seven sons; "Jesse was the father of Eliab his first-born, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh." (1 Chronicles Chapter 2 verse 13)

In the book of Samuel we are told that Saul inquired of God, but did not receive an answer. In the Chronicles Saul died for his unfaithfulness in not consulting God. The fault lay not with God, for not answering, but rather will Saul for not asking. "And when Saul inquired of YAHWEH, YAHWEH did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets." 1 Samuel 28:6 (1 Samuel Chapter 28 verse 6) (1 Samuel Chapter 28 verse 6) . "So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to YAHWEH ... and did not seek guidance from YAHWEH. Therefore YAHWEH killed him." (1 Chronicles Chapter 10 verse 13)

In 2 Samuel Chapter 24 verse 9 the result of the census was Israel 800,000 and Judah 500,000. In 1 Chronicles Chapter 21 this is 'corrected' to read Israel 1,100,000 and Judah 470,000

According to >2 Samuel Chapter 24 verse 24 David paid 50 shekels of silver for the plot of land on which the temple was to be built. In 1 Chronicles Chapter 21 verse 22 this is read 600 shekels of gold

In the book of 1 Kings Chapter 4 verse 26 we are told that Solomon had 40,000 horses 2 Chronicles Chapter 9 verse 25 states that he had 4,000 horses

When he began to reign Jehoiakim was 18 and reigned 3 months after which time his uncle took the throne. In (2 Kings Chapter 24 verse 8) he was 8 and reigned 3 months and 10 days and then his brother began to rule (2 Chronicles Chapter 36 verse 9) . Ahaziah was either 22 when he came to the throne (2 Kings Chapter 8 verse 26) or 42 (2 Chronicles Chapter 22 verse 2)

The Kingdom was at peace under Asa (because he knocked down the high place shrines) (2 Chronicles Chapter 14 verse 5) There was war between Asa and Baasha all throughout their reigns (because he did not knock down the high places) >(1 Kings Chapter 15 verse 16)

Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began his reign in the second year of the reign of Jehoram, son of Jehosophat (2 Kings Chapter 1 verse 17) Jehoram son of Jehosophat began his reign in the fifth year of Jehoram, son of Ahab (2 Kings Chapter 8 verse 16)

Omri became king in the 31st year of Asa's reign and he reigned 12 years (1 Kings Chapter 16 verse 23) When Omri died his son Ahab came to the throne and this was in the 38th year of Asa's reign. (This means that Omri could have only reigned 7 years, not 12 as stated.)

In the book of 2 Kings Chapter 9 verse 27 , we are told that Jehu shot Ahaziah with an arrow near Ibleam, and that Ahaziah escaped to Meggido, where he died. In 2 Chronicles Chapter 22 verse 9 we are told that Ahaziah was captured in Samaria, where he had been hiding out. He was then brought to Jehu who had him put to death

The Kings of Syria and Israel failed to conquer Ahaz, according to 2 Kings Chapter 16 verse 5 , but, according to 2 Chronicles Chapter 28 verse 5 , they did conquer Ahaz

As punishment for the census and its aftermath, David is given the choice of running from his enemies for three months, or 7 years of famine ( Samuel Chapter 24 verse 13) but in Chronicles it was it 3 years of famine (1 Chronicles Chapter 21 verse 11)

The father of Zerubbabel was either Shealtiel (Ezra Chapter 3 verse 2) or Pedaiah (2 Chronicles Chapter 3 verse 19)

Josiah was followed on the throne by either Shallum (Jeremiah Chapter 22 verse 11) or Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles Chapter 36 verse 1)

The mother of Abijah was either Maachah, Absalom's daughter (2 Chronicles Chapter 9 verse 20) or Michaiah the daughter of Uriel (2 Chronicles Chapter 13 Verse 2)

SAMUEL, DAVID AND GOLIATH

Saul knows David, as his personal harp player, even outfitting him to battle Goliath. Saul does not know who David is, and must be introduced to David after he kills Goliath. Saul had an evil spirit tormenting him 'sent by God' (1 Samuel 16:14) . Someone recommended David to play the harp, calling him, "a brave warrior, a mighty man of war." (1 Samuel 16:18) . "David came to Saul and entered his service."
(1 Samuel 16:21) Saul took a liking to David and told his father, "'allow David to enter my service,' for, 'he loved him dearly.' " (1 Samuel 16:21)
No sooner had David cut off Goliath's head than Saul asked, "who is that young man?" (1 Samuel 17:55) . David was introduced to Saul. "with the Philistines head still in his hand," (1 Samuel 17:57) and Saul asked, "who are you?" and David replied, "the son of Jesse." (1 Samuel 17:58) "That same day Saul kept David and would not let him return to his father's house." (1 Samuel 18:1)

David spoke of killing Goliath, and his words were reported to Saul (1 Samuel 17:31) Saul did not want to let David fight Goliath, for David was not a trained warrior. However we are told David was just a lad and out tending sheep, and his job was to deliver lunch to the soldiers (1 Samuel 17:18) "You are not able to go to war against the Philistines. You (David) are just a boy, and Goliath is a man of war." (1 Samuel 17:33)

After David killed Goliath. David took Goliath's head to Jerusalem, but he kept his sword in his tent (1 Samuel 17:54) Jerusalem was not captured from the Jebusites until after David became King (or was it?) and the sword was kept in a temple at Nob (1 Samuel 21:1)

David enters Saul's service as a harp player, and as 'commander of the fighting forces', on two different occasions. Rather than a harp player the young adolescent boy was made "commander of the fighting forces," (1 Samuel 18:5) . A few verses later it says "David played the harp for Saul, as he had done before," (1 Samuel 18:10)

"Elhanan son of Jair of Bethlehem killed Goliath of Gath, whose spear had a shaft like a weaver's beam." (2nd Samuel 21:19) is changed in "Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, brother of Goliath of Gath, whose spear had a shaft like a weaver's beam." (1 Chronicles 20:5). ! Samuel 17says it was David who killed Goliath of Gath

The Jebusites, we are told, had made Jerusalem into an impregnable fortress, surrounded by high, thick walls. There was a tunnel under the wall of Jerusalem which delivered water to the center of the city. David and his troops poured through this gap in the Jebusite defense and conquered Jerusalem. It was the Jebusites who dug the water tunnel, and then foolishly forgot to defend the hole under their wall. Then again we are told (2nd Kings 20:20) that it was King Hezekiah of Judah who dug the water tunnel to bring water into the heart of Jerusalem. David was the second king, Hezekiah was an hereditary monarch in the line of David, and he reigned centuries later. This leaves us with the little problem of how David could have invaded Jerusalem via a water gate that would not be constructed until several centuries later.obviously spun together like a woven clothe from many different colors of thread

"The Philistines were subdued and no longer invaded Israel as long as Samuel lived for the hand of YAHWEH was against them...peace was maintained." (1 Samuel 7:13) "There was bitter war with the Philistines throughout Saul's reign." (1 Samuel 14:52)

Samuel was criticizing the conduct of King Saul and thus still alive. Samuel anointed David as King, and David killed Goliath during the Philistine war (1 Samuel Chapters 15 and 17) Furthermore, as you can tell by reading the complete account, their was bitter war with the Philistines right up until the day that Samuel died

According to 2 Samuel Chapter 8 verse 13 David killed 18,000 Edomites in the valley of Salt and stationed garrisons throughout Edom. According to the Chronicles, it was Abishai son of Zeruiah who killed those eighteen thousand Edomites in the valley of Salt; and he stationed garrisons throughout Edom< (1 Chronicles Chapter 18 verse 13)

THE PROPHETS QUESTION THE TORAH

In the book of the prophet Jeremiah we read that not only was Moses not the author of the Torah, but that the sacrificial system was a form of rebellion against God, and that the laws of God represented as coming from Moses were actually forged by the priesthood. "Thus says YAHWEH of hosts, the God of Israel, "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh. For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. But this is what I commanded them, saying, "Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you? Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward." (Jeremiah Chapter 7 verse 21)

The law books specifically state that the laws of sacrifice were part of the Laws of Moses which he received while on Mount Sinai. "This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering and the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings, which YAHWEH commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to YAHWEH in the wilderness of Sinai." Leviticus Chapter 7 verse 37

This statement clearly conflicts with the version of events given by Jeremiah. Jeremiah makes his condemnation of the law books explicit in the passage that follows: "My people do not know The ordinance of YAHWEH. How can you say, We are wise, And the law of YAHWEH is with us? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie. The wise men are put to shame, They are dismayed and caught; Behold, they have rejected the word of YAHWEH, And what kind of wisdom do they have?" Jeremiah Chapter 8 verse 7

The tradition of rejecting Mosaic authorship of the law books is also found in the psalms. "Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required" ... "For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering." (Psalm Chapter 50 verse 9, Psalm Chapter 40 verse 6, Psalm Chapter 51 verse 16)

And in the prophet Micah we read: "With what shall I come before YAHWEH, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will YAHWEH be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does YAHWEH require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah Chapter 6 verse 6)

This rejection of Mosaic authorship is echoed in the book of Isaiah. "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says YAHWEH; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand? Trample my courts no more; bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation? I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity. Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them." (Isaiah Chapter 1 verse 11)

Every one of the practices condemned as abominations by Isaiah in the following passage is advocated in the law books and supposedly commanded by Moses: "But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol. These people have chosen their own ways and their souls revel in their abominations." (Isaiah Chapter 66 verse 3)

Isaiah refers to these practices as 'abominations' and, like Jeremiah, equates them with rebellion. They are all advocated in the law, supposedly delivered to Moses by God, the same God who then delivered messages condemning such practices to the prophets: "...and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before YAHWEH, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today YAHWEH will appear to you." Leviticus 9:18 Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar."
"When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to YAHWEH."
"The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to YAHWEH."
"Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to YAHWEH, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it." (Leviticus Chapter 9 verse 4, Leviticus Chapter 22 verse 27, Exodus Chapter 29 verse 41, Leviticus Chapter 2 verse 1)

Jesus clearly agreed with Isaiah: "How right Isaiah was when he prophesied concerning you, saying, 'this people pays me lip service, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain, for they teach as doctrines the commandments of men." Jesus is clearly referring to the doctrines of the Law of the Torah as the commandments of men! He continues: "You neglect the commandments of God, in order to maintain your human traditions. How clever you are at setting aside the commandment of God in order to maintain your traditions...In this way by your traditions, handed down among you, you make God's word null and void. And you do many other things just like that. After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. And He said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.)" (Mark Chapter 7 verse 6)

The Torah law was a subject of hot debate within the early church, and both Jesus' rejection of the Torah regulations which confirmed the comments of the prophets clearly questions whether God gave them to Moses on Sinai

OTHER

From the time that Joseph was sold to when Jacob went to Egypt, 22 years passed. Joseph was 17 when sold as a slave to the Egyptians and he was 30 when Pharaoh called him from prison. Add seven years of plenty, and two years of famine before Jacob arrived and you get a total of 22 years. In this brief period the following events must have taken place ...
Judah married at the beginning of this period and had three children from one wife. The oldest then married, died, and his brother succeeded him. Then Judah had intercourse with his daughter-in-law. Having found her by the side of the road, he assumed she was a harlot. She bore twins from this union and then the oldest twin became a father, and all of this in 22 years

Let us now consider a verse in the New Testament: "One Sabbath Joshua was going through the cornfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pick ears of corn. And the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?" And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath ... And they watched him, to see whether he would heal on the saAgathaso that they might accuse him ... And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?" But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out, and immediately began plotting with Herod's men to bring about Joshua's death." (Mark Chapter 2 verse 23)

It is obvious to me that Mark was writing 'freeform' and due to human error two erroneous facts are found in the passage above. The incident referred to is related in the book of 1 Samuel, and in the passage that follows the italics indicate the relevant facts: "Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?" And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has charged me with a matter ... Now then, what have you at hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here." And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread at hand, but there is holy bread." (1 Samuel Chapter 21 verse 1) .
The name of the priest was Ahimelech, not Abiathar, and while Mark points out that after David ate the forbidden bread he "also gave it to those who were with him" in the original story it explicitly states that David was alone "and no one is with you."

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created before man was created.
GE 2:4-9 Man was created before trees were created

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds were created

GE 1:24-27 Animals were created before man was created.
GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals were created

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman were created at the same time.
GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first, woman sometime later

GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.
EX 6:2-3 God was first known as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during the life of Moses

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.
GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken (and are taken) aboard the Ark

GE 11:12 Arpachshad [Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.
LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah

GE 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.
GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).
GE 12:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years

GE 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 32:30, EX 3:16, 6:2-3, 24:9-11, 33:11, NU 12:7-8, 14:14, JB 42:5, AM 7:7-8, 9:1 God is seen.
EX 33:20, JN 1:18, 1JN 4:12 God is not seen. No one can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him