Answers – To Difficult Questions (1st Chronicles)

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1 Chronicles 2:18—Was Caleb’s father Hezron, Hur, or Jephunneh?

1 Chronicles 1:32 – Why does 1 Chronicles 1:32 call Keturah Abraham’s concubine, while Genesis 25:1 calls her his wife?

1 Chronicles 3:19—What is the correct genealogical relationship of Pedaiah, Shealtiel, and Zerubbabel?

1 Chronicles 5:22—How could the God of peace conduct war?

1 Chronicles 6:16–23 – Was Elkanah, the father of Samuel, a Levite, or was he an Ephraimite as 1 Samuel 1:1 indicates?

1 Chronicles 8:33—Was Ner the father of Kish or the son of Abiel?

1 Chronicles 9:1—What happened to the missing “Book of Kings”?

1 Chronicles 10:6—Did all of Saul’s family die with him or not?

1 Chronicles 10:14—Did Saul inquire of the Lord or not?

1 Chronicles 18:4 – How many horsemen did David capture, 1,700 or 7,000?

1 Chronicles 19:18 – How many charioteers were killed, 700 or 7,000?

1 Chronicles 21:1 – How can this passage claim that Satan moved David to number Israel when 2 Samuel 24:1 claims that God did?

1 Chronicles 21:1 – Did God move David to take the census, or did Satan?

1 Chronicles 21:5 – How many fighting men were found in Judah and Israel?

1 Chronicles 21:12 – God sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine?

1 Chronicles 22:14—How could David have given 100,000 talents of gold when 1 Chronicles 29:4 says he gave only 3,000 talents?