2 Samuel

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MCGILL

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

2 Samuel 6:23 Michal was childless.
2 Samuel 21:8 Michal had five sons.

LIZ

Hmm....you wanna hear something hilarious?  My NIV bible tries (albeit
unsuccessfully) to cover up this contradiction.  To quote:

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:

"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?

JASON FILLEY

The NIV absolutely refuses to be taken seriously.

Exhibit A:

"The NIV text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic, or 
audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses or less without 
written permission, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete 
book of the Bible, do not comprise 25% or more of the total text of the 
work in which they are quoted, and the verses are not being quoted in a 
commentary or other Biblical reference work. This permission is contingent 
upon an appropriate copyright acknowledgment."

They can't be quoted in a commentary or other Biblical reference work? 
 What ?!?

Jason

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