2 Samuel

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>MCGILL

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>I was wondering what is the explanation for the seeming contradictions of:

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>2 Samuel 6:23 Michal was childless.

>2 Samuel 21:8 Michal had five sons.

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>LIZ

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>Hmm....you wanna hear something hilarious?  My NIV bible tries (albeit

>unsuccessfully) to cover up this contradiction.  To quote:

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>2 Sam. 6:23 :  "And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her

>death."

>

>2 Sam. 21:8: "But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of

>Aiah's daughter Rizpah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five

>sons of Saul's daughter Merab, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai

>the Meholathite."

>

>Now, the editors of this bible, I suppose, were feeling a bit guilty about a

>certain cover-up and added a footnote "c" next to Merab's name.  C says, to

>quote:

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>"Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1

>Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts MICHAL"

>

>Hmmm...doesn't that mean whoever edited my bible used the least 

>manuscripts to

>say Merab?  Isn't that *gasp* dishonest?  Doesn't that say a bit about these

>xian editors?  

>


Indeed it does. Those dishonest bible editors.  Can you say "cover-up"?

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