ContradictionsReading order 185Bible context 1 min read
How many of Asaph's offspring returned from Babylon?
The two lists give different totals for the specifically identified Asaph singers.
- Textual conflict
- Direct contradiction
- The quoted passages make incompatible claims about the same subject under the same conditions. Little additional inference is needed.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
The same returning singers identified by occupation and Asaph ancestry number exactly 128 in one list and 148 in the other.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
The singers descended from Asaph number one hundred twenty-eight
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra 2:41
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Ezra 2
The singers descended from Asaph number one hundred forty-eight
The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:44
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Nehemiah 7