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Kings and Chronicles: 8 points on the numbers that disagree

40,000 stalls or 4,000, Ahaziah older than his father, and who killed Goliath: 8 points on Kings and Chronicles. Read on.

The Hebrew Bible’s own margins, the eighteen scribal corrections, the Samaritans and the Dead Sea Scrolls: 8 examples. Read on.

Does the Septuagint match the Hebrew Bible? 7 facts on its extra books, its shorter Jeremiah and the New Testament’s use of it.

Gnosticism and Yahweh: Marcion, Yaldabaoth and the Demiurge, and who, if anyone, made the creator Satan. Read them.

Ancient Israelite polytheism in 7 clues: El, Ugarit, Deuteronomy 32, Psalm 82 and the rise of monotheism. Read them.

The origin of Yahweh in 7 finds, from the Shasu of Yhw to Kuntillet Ajrud and the Mesha Stele, and their limits. Read them.

Is Yahweh Satan? 7 biblical parallels, from David’s census to the lying spirit, weighed against the text. Read them.

Eight citations in Matthew set beside the passages they quote. 8 points on what matches and what moves. Read on.

Genesis 1:26, Isaiah 9:6, the Angel of the Lord and Zechariah 12:10, read on their own pages. 7 points, graded. Read on.

Deuteronomy 20, Saul and Amalek, Joshua, the warrior Psalms, Revelation 19 and the Crusades: 7 facts on holy war. Read on.

Was Ishmael a prophet or only a tribal chief? 6 facts from Quran 19:54, Genesis 16 to 21, the hadith and Josephus. Read on.

The Quran quotes Psalm 37, the Torah’s law of retribution and Ezekiel’s teaching, and names Jonah’s father. 6 answers. Read on.