The Bible Exposed

Contradictions (b): 2 Samuel 10:18

Passage 2 Samuel 10:18

After the same battle 2 Samuel 10:18 says David killed the men of 700 chariots and 40,000 horsemen, while 1 Chronicles 19:18 says 7,000 chariots and 40,000 foot soldiers. The numbers and the kind of troops both differ.

And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.

2 Samuel 10:18

And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 7,000 chariots and 40,000 foot soldiers, and put to death also Shophach the commander of their army.

1 Chronicles 19:18

Source: see Credits and references (no. 8, p. 7).