ContradictionsReading order 181Bible context 1 min read
How many of Azgad's offspring returned from Babylon?
Nehemiah's Azgad count exceeds Ezra's by 1,100 people, a substantial difference within the named family entry.
- 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.
Parallel exact counts assign Azgad's returning descendants 1,222 versus 2,322 people without a changed counting category.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Azgad's descendants total one thousand two hundred twenty-two
The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
Ezra 2:12
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Ezra 2
Azgad's descendants total two thousand three hundred twenty-two
The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.
Nehemiah 7:17
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Nehemiah 7