How many stalls did Solomon have? View all View original

This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

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Solomon had 40,000 stalls.

1 Kings 4:26 View context

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.

Solomon had 4,000 stalls.

2 Chronicles 9:25 View context

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.