Comments on: Did Asa remove the high places? http://www.errancy.com/did-asa-remove-the-high-places/ Does the Bible contain contradictions or errors? Biblical inerrancy examined. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:32:59 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: WisdomLover http://www.errancy.com/did-asa-remove-the-high-places/comment-page-1/#comment-368 WisdomLover Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:32:03 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=360#comment-368 Asa was not the first king to try to get rid of the high places. It is likely that there was a very common practice of crossing into the border region of Israel to practice idolatry during one of these crackdowns. The Chronicler was just pointing out that Asa did nothing to stop this. While it is probably true that the Chronicler used Kings as a source, he was not just writing a new edition of Kings. If he were, I wouldn't expect to see any deviations at all. The Chronicler may have had sources that attest to Asa's failure to deal with the border situation in addition to his failure to deal with the problem in the Judean countryside. Asa was not the first king to try to get rid of the high places. It is likely that there was a very common practice of crossing into the border region of Israel to practice idolatry during one of these crackdowns. The Chronicler was just pointing out that Asa did nothing to stop this.

While it is probably true that the Chronicler used Kings as a source, he was not just writing a new edition of Kings. If he were, I wouldn’t expect to see any deviations at all. The Chronicler may have had sources that attest to Asa’s failure to deal with the border situation in addition to his failure to deal with the problem in the Judean countryside.

]]> By: Errancy http://www.errancy.com/did-asa-remove-the-high-places/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Errancy Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:35:26 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=360#comment-367 Point taken; good observation. However, it does raise the question why the author of 2 Chronicles chose to edit the passage from 1 Kings. Did he mistakenly think that there was an inconsistency and try to fix it? Or is there some other reason for changing "away" to "out of Israel"? Point taken; good observation.

However, it does raise the question why the author of 2 Chronicles chose to edit the passage from 1 Kings.

Did he mistakenly think that there was an inconsistency and try to fix it? Or is there some other reason for changing “away” to “out of Israel”?

]]> By: WisdomLover http://www.errancy.com/did-asa-remove-the-high-places/comment-page-1/#comment-366 WisdomLover Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:12:58 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=360#comment-366 What you say is true, Errancy, when you say that 2 Chronicles 15 does not conflict with 2 Chronicles 14, because 2 Chronicles 15 says that Asa did not take the high places out of Israel. But it would not conflict with 2 Chronicles 14 even if it had said that he did not take the high places out of <em>Judah</em>. This is because 2 Chronicles 14 only says that Asa removed the high places from the <em>cities</em> of Judah. Judeans under Asa's rule were compelled to do their idolatry in the country, or in the border towns of the Northern Kingdom. Since the 2 Chronicles 14 passage is compatible with the claim that Asa did not take away the high places in Israel and it is compatible with the claim that he did not take them away in Judah, it must be compatible with the claim that he did not take them away (per 1 Kings 15). What you say is true, Errancy, when you say that 2 Chronicles 15 does not conflict with 2 Chronicles 14, because 2 Chronicles 15 says that Asa did not take the high places out of Israel. But it would not conflict with 2 Chronicles 14 even if it had said that he did not take the high places out of Judah. This is because 2 Chronicles 14 only says that Asa removed the high places from the cities of Judah. Judeans under Asa’s rule were compelled to do their idolatry in the country, or in the border towns of the Northern Kingdom.

Since the 2 Chronicles 14 passage is compatible with the claim that Asa did not take away the high places in Israel and it is compatible with the claim that he did not take them away in Judah, it must be compatible with the claim that he did not take them away (per 1 Kings 15).

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