IS THERE A CONTRADICTION IN THE NUMBER OF JESSE'S SONS?

 There is not a contradiction in the bible about how many sons Jesse had.  Jesse had eight sons, and two daughters. First son not listed in I Samuel, Eliab, Abinadab, Shimma, Nethaneel, Raddai, Ozem, David. Two daughters Zeruiah and Abigail. At the time of the Israel's fight with the Philistines, the older brothers went to war leaving David the youngest son home to keep the sheep. I looked it up again In the Book of 1 Chronicles 2:13-16 it lists seven sons that passed before Samuel. In another scripture it mentions another son. In the book of Samuel the man reading and writing about the number of sons Jesse says David was the 8th son of Jesse. All these years I thought there were only seven. This shows you can read the scriptures many times and still miss something. There is not a contradiction in the bible. In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, read for yourselves. The contradiction they are talking about was when Samuel was told to anoint David as the next King. This scripture tells about Jesse's seven sons filing in front of Samuel. The scripture in Samuel lists the names of the sons. When Samuel asks Jesse is this all of your sons, Jesse told him the youngest David was a shepherd attending the sheep. David was the 8th son. Go to the two books mentioned in this article and see for yourselves.

Study to show yourself approved by God. A workman rightly dividing the word of truth.


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