God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine? 2 Samuel 24:13 and 1 Chronicles 21:12 examined.
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Problem: How many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel? 2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5
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Problem: Both God and Satan incited David to number Israel. It specifically says that God did in 2 Samuel 24:1, but it also says that Satan moved David to number Israel in 1 Chronicles 21:1.

God did, 2 Samuel 24:1, “Now again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.”

Satan did, 1 Chronicles 21:1, “Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel.”
David sinned, 2 Samuel 24:10, “Now David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.’“
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Problem: 2 Samuel states, “Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, ‘Go, number Israel and Judah’” (2 Sam. 24:1). However, the parallel passage in Chronicles states, “Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel” (1 Chron. 21:1). Did Satan incite the census? Or did God?
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Problem: David says, “For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not acted wickedly against my God. 23 For all His ordinances were before me, and as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also blameless toward Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity” (2 Sam. 22:22-24). How can this be the case, when he was found guilty of murder and adultery (2 Sam. 11)?
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Problem: The passage in 2 Samuel 14:27 states that Absalom had three sons and one daughter. However, in 2 Samuel 18:18 Absalom set up a pillar for himself because, as he says, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” Which is correct?
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Problem: Was it David or Elhanan who killed Goliath?  Goliath had brothers and Elhanan killed one of them.
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Problem: In one account, David is said to kill Goliath (1 Sam. 17:50-51). However, in another account, Elhanan kills Goliath (2 Sam. 21:19). Which is true?
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Problem: This passage tells us that David “brought out the people who were in it, and set them under saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln.” (2 Sam. 12:31). How can wholesale torture be justified like this?
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Problem: This passage implies that David tortured his enemies, since he “put them under saws, and under axes or iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln” (kjv). But torture is wrong, and Jesus said “love your enemies” (Luke 6:35).
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