Comments on: How many oversaw the building of the temple under Solomon? http://www.errancy.com/how-many-oversaw-the-building-of-the-temple/ Does the Bible contain contradictions or errors? Biblical inerrancy examined. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:55:18 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dr Rusty Randall http://www.errancy.com/how-many-oversaw-the-building-of-the-temple/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Dr Rusty Randall Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:39:19 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=179#comment-335 It seems clear to me, Solomon added 300 more supervisors to the job. It seems clear to me, Solomon added 300 more supervisors to the job.

]]> By: WisdomLover http://www.errancy.com/how-many-oversaw-the-building-of-the-temple/comment-page-1/#comment-324 WisdomLover Fri, 29 May 2009 17:03:07 +0000 http://www.errancy.com/?p=179#comment-324 There seem to be three responses here: 1. This is a scribal error. The original numbers matched. 2. Both numbers are approximations anyway, and 3300 is approximately equal to 3600. 3. The 3300 mentioned in I Kings refers to those who were <em>over the work</em>. The additional 300 in the II Chronicles account might have had oversight over the workers precisely when they were not working. Obviously, these accounts cannot all be true. In fact, at most one of them is. But any one of them adequately answers the charge of error. There seem to be three responses here:

1. This is a scribal error. The original numbers matched.

2. Both numbers are approximations anyway, and 3300 is approximately equal to 3600.

3. The 3300 mentioned in I Kings refers to those who were over the work. The additional 300 in the II Chronicles account might have had oversight over the workers precisely when they were not working.

Obviously, these accounts cannot all be true. In fact, at most one of them is. But any one of them adequately answers the charge of error.

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