Contradiction claim
How many stalls did Solomon have?
Kings reports forty thousand stalls of horses for Solomon’s chariots; Chronicles reports four thousand stalls for horses and chariots. Both give the same figure of twelve thousand horsemen.
Numerical discrepancyReviewedSeverity: lowClassification confidence: moderatePossible textual issue
2 source records · no review date recorded
How to read this record
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And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Why they appear to conflict
AnalysisEach side states a proposition attributable to its passages. A claim is not assumed to have exactly two sides.
1 Kings
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots.
Forty thousand