165. Did Jehoahaz reign for 17 years?
Yes 2 Kng 13:1
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
No 2 Kng 13:9-10
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
[note: if Jehoahaz began to reign in the 23rd year of Joash, and he reigned for 17 years, then he would have reigned until the 40th year of Joash; but following his death, his son Jehoash began to reign in the 37th year of Joash, which means that Jehoahaz reigned for only 14 years.]
166. Was Jehoiachin 18 years old when he began to reign?
Yes 2 Kng 24:8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. and his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
No 2 Chr 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
167. Did Jehoiachin reign for more than 3 months?
Yes 2 Chr 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
No 2 Kng 24:8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
168. Did Omri reign for 12 years?
Yes 1 Kng 16:23
And in the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
No 1 Kng 16:28-29
So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
[note: if Omri began to reign in Asa's 31st year, and he reigned for 12 years, then he would have reigned until the 43rd year of Asa; but following his death, his son Ahab began to reign in Asa's 38th year, which means that Omri reigned for only 7 years.]
169. Did Jotham reign for 20 years?
Yes 2 Kng 15:30
And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son Uzziah.
No2 kng 15:32-33
In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
170. Did Nebuchadnezzar come to Jerusalem in the 3rd year of Jehoiakim's reign?
Yes Dan 1:1
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
No Jer 25:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
[note: if Nebuchadnezzar's first year occurred during Jehoiakim's fourth year, then he could not have besieged Jerusalem in Jehoiakim's third year.]
171. Did the earth dry after the Flood in the 1st day of the 1st month?
YesGen 8:13
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
No Gen 8:14
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
172. Did the Ark come to rest on the 17th day of the 7th month?
Yes Gen 8:4
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
No Gen 8:5
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[note: if the tops of the mountains weren't seen until the tenth month, then the ark could not have come to rest in the seventh month.]
173. Did Noah take into the Ark only 2 of each kind of animal?
Yes Gen 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
7:8-9
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of everything that creepeth upon the earth,
There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
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And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
No Gen 7:2-3
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
The fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth.
174. Did Solomon's Temple have 3000 baths?
Yes 2 Chr 4:5
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers and lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
No 1 Kng 7:26
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers and lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
175. Did the Temple burn on the 7th day of the month?
Yes 2 Kng 25:8-9
And on the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
No Jer 52:12-13
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire.
176. Was the height of the chapiter 5 cubits?
YesJer 52:22
And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.
No 2 Kings 25:17
The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
177. Were the pillars 35 cubits high?
Yes 2 Chr 3:15
And he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
No 1 Kng 7:15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
178. Were there 200 pomegranates around the chapiters?
Yes 1 Kng 7:20
And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
No 2 Chr 3:16
And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
179. Did Solomon have 550 officers?
Yes 1 Kng 9:23
These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people which wrought in the work.
No 2 Chr 8:10
And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
180. Did Solomon have 3,600 overseers?
Yes 2 Chr 2:18
And he set three score and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and four score thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
No 1 Kng 5:16
Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
181. Did David slay 7,000 charioteers?
Yes 1 Chr 19:18
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shopach the captain of the host.
No 2 Sam 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
182. Did David slay 40,000 horsemen?
Yes 2 Sam 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
No 1 Chr 19:18
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shobach the captain of the host.
183. Were 7 years of famine among David's choices?
Yes 2 Sam 24:13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
No 1 Chr 21:11-12
Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtake thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
184. Did Jashobeam slay 800 at one time?
Yes 2 Sam 23:8
These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
No 1 Chr 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
185. Did the people give 61,000 drams of gold?
YesEzra 2:69
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
No Neh 7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
186. Did the people give 5,000 pounds of silver?
Yes Ezr 2:69
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
No Neh 7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
187. Did the people give 100 garments?
Yes Ezr 2:69
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
No Neh 7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments.
188. Did David take 7,000 horsemen?
Yes 1 Chr 18:4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
No 2 Sam 8:4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
189. Did Huram send Solomon 450 talents of gold?
Yes 2 Chr 8:18
And Huram sent him by the hads of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
No 1 Kng 9:27-28
And Hiram sent in the nave his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
190. Did David buy the threshingfloor for 600 shekels of gold?
Yes 1 Chr 21:25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
No 2 Sam 24:24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which dost cost me nothing. So David bought the oxen and the threshingfloo for fifty shekels of silver.
191. Did the Egyptian captivity last for 430 years?
Yes Ex 12:40
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Gal 3:17
And this I say, that the covenant that was confirmed before God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
No Gen 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
192. Is the human lifespan 120 years?
Yes Gen 6:3
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
No Ps 90:10
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
193. Was Abraham 75 years old when he left Haran?
Yes Gen 12:4
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
No Gen 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
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And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Acts 7:2-4
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; the God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan,
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
[note: If Terah was 70 when Abram was born, then Abram would've been 135 years old when Terah died, and only after that (Acts 7:4) did he depart Haran, so he could not have been 75 years old when he left.]
194. Is unleavened bread to be eaten for 7 days during the passover?
Yes Dt 16:3
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day that thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
No Dt 16:8
Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
195. Was the new moon sacrifice to consist of two bullocks, seven lambs and a ram?
YesNum 28:11
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot.
NoEzk 46:6
And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
196. Was Jehoiachin released from prison on the 27th day of the month?
Yes 2 Kng 25:27
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison.
No Jer 52:31
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison.
197. Were there 59,300 males of Simeon?
Yes Num 1:23
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
No Num 26:14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
198. Were there 1,100,000 soldiers in Israel?
Yes 1 Chr 21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the number of people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
No 2 Sam 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
199. Were there 500,000 soldiers in Judah?
Yes 2 Sam 24:9
And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
No: 1 Chr 21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the number of people unto David. and all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword.
200. Did Solomon have 40,000 stalls for horses?
Yes 1 Kng 4:26
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls for horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
No 2 Chr 9:25
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
201. Were there 7 men in the king's presence?
Yes Jer 52:24-25
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principle scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
No: 2 Kng 25:18-19
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
And out of the city he took and officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principle scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city.
202. Was Jesus seen by over 500 brethren before the ascension?
Yes 1 Cor 15:6
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
No Acts 1:15
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundered and twenty,)
203 Did Jesus heal 2 blind men near Jericho?
Yes Mt 20:30
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
No Mk 10:46-47
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway begging.
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, be bagan to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Lk 18:35-38
And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way begging:
And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
204. Was Jesus crucified at the 3rd hour?
Yes Mk 15:25
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
No Jn 19:14-16
And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King!
But they cried out, Away with him, away with hin, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led him away.
205. Were 2 men possessed with devils?
Yes Mt 8:28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass that way.
No Mk 5:1-2
And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Lk 8:26-27
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
206. Did the transfiguration occur after 8 days?
Yes Lk 9:27-29
But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
No Mt 16:28-17:2
Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom.
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
Mk 9:1-2
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
207. Was Jesus in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights?
Yes Mt 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
No Mt 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Mk 15:37
And Jesus cried with a loud voice and gave up the ghost.
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Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable councellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
16:9
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
[note: if Jesus died on Friday evening, and was risen sometime before Mary came to the tomb early Sunday morning, then he could not have been "in the heart of the earth" for "three days and
three nights"]
208. How many women came to the tomb?[/b]
only oneJn 20:1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
two[/b]
Mt 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
three[/b]
Mk 16:1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
more than threeLk 24:1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
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It was mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
209. Was Shem 100 years old when he begat Arphaxad?
Yes Gen 11:10
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
No Gen 5:32
And Noah was fice hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
7:6
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.
[note: If Noah was 500 years old when Shem was born, and six hundred years old when the Flood happened, then Shem was 100 years old when the Flood happened, so he couldn't have been 100 years old 2 years later when Arphaxad was born]
