tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248234931266550822.post5348081570746248910..comments2023-11-09T05:50:27.936-08:00Comments on The Facts About Islam: Bible Controversy: How Tall was Goliath? Yahya Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18373097645466995642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248234931266550822.post-46390224282270732612013-07-11T15:27:18.768-07:002013-07-11T15:27:18.768-07:00From Minoria:
That is something they don't me...From Minoria:<br /><br />That is something they don't mention in church sermons and it should be.There are cases of numerical discrepancies.The answer is this:<br /><br />Before, the Jews didn't have numerals(neither did the Greeks and Romans).They used letters to designate numbers(for example:X=10,V=5,for the Romans).To show greater numbers they used diacritic signs.In time there was confusion and so we don't know what an exact number was.<br /><br />What we do know is that the CORRECT number is one of the ones given,only we aren't sure which one,it is there,it was not lost.<br /><br />Just from memory,in one case,was it 700 soldiers or 7,000 soldiers?It is one of the two.<br /><br />You can see more details of this in carm.org,at the LEFT you will see the word "Apologetics" and below "Bible Difficulties".It is in the latter that you will see cases,like:<br /><br />"How many horsemen did David capture,700 or 1,700?"<br /><br />http://carm.org/bible-difficulties/joshua-esther/how-many-horsemen-did-david-capture-1700-or-7000<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com