Problem: The Scriptures teach that we are born in sin (Ps. 51:5) because we “all sinned [in Adam]” (Rom. 5:12). Yet David implies here that his baby, who died, will be in heaven, saying, “I shall go to him” (v. 23).
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2 Samuel 12:23 – If infants go to heaven, does this justify infanticide?
Problem: What happens to infants if they die before they meet Christ? Does God send them to hell? If they do go to heaven, does this warrant infanticide (i.e. immediately sending these babies to heaven)?
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2 Samuel 12:21–23 – Should we pray for the dead?
Problem: Based on a verse in 2 Maccabees 12:46 (Douay), Roman Catholics believe it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins. However, David refused to pray for his dead son. Does the Bible teach that we should pray for the dead?
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2 Samuel 12:15 – Why did God kill David’s boy for David’s sin?
Problem: Why did God take the life of David’s baby because of his sin?
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2 Samuel 10:18 – How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7,000?
Problem: How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7,000? 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18
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2 Samuel 8:4 – How many horsemen did David capture, 1,700 or 7,000?
Problem: How many Horsemen did David Capture, 1,700 or 7,000? This is most probably a copyist error or a copy of a manuscript where the number was altered through decay. 1 Chron. 18:4 is probably the correct number, 7000, since it is a better-preserved manuscript.
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2 Samuel 8:4 – How many horsemen did David capture?
Problem: 2 Samuel 8:4 states, “David captured from him 1,700 horsemen.” However, 1 Chronicles 18:4 explains, “David took from him… 7,000 horsemen.” Which is true?
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2 Samuel 7:11-16 – Is the Davidic Covenant still operative today? –or Did the Jews forfeit these blessings because of their rejection of Christ?
Problem: Amillennial interpreters believe that the Jews forfeited these promises of the Davidic covenant, because they rejected Jesus—their Messiah. Is this the case?
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2 Samuel 7:14 – If this passage is prophetic of Jesus, why does it say that he sins?
Problem: God tells David, “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men” (2 Sam. 7:14). The NT informs us that Jesus did not sin (Heb. 4:15; 7:26; 9:14; 1 Pet. 2:22; Jn. 8:46; 2 Cor. 5:21). How can this passage predict Jesus, if it says that he would commit sin?
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2 Samuel 6:7 – Why does God kill Uzzah for trying to protect the Ark of God?
Problem: 2 Samuel states “Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled” (2 Sam. 6:6). However, as a result, God “struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God” (v.7). Why was God so severe in this passage?
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