ContradictionsReading order 186Bible context 1 min read
How many of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda's offspring returned from Babylon?
The combined total for three identically named families is ten lower in Nehemiah.
- 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 combined three-family group receives exact totals of 652 and 642, with no difference in the stated counting scope.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda's descendants total six hundred fifty-two
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
Ezra 2:60
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda's descendants total six hundred forty-two
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
Nehemiah 7:62
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
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