BULLSEYE!
ACCURATE
BIBLE KNOWLEDGE!
“I’VE FOUND TWO MORE ERRORS IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE!”
(Part 3 of 3)
WHY DOES AUSTRALIAN BIBLE MINISTRIES GO TO ALL THIS
TROUBLE?
Now why do we go to all this trouble at Australian Bible
Ministries to
prove there are no errors in the King James Bible. Oh yes,
there are stacks
of errors in all other ‘bibles’ especially the one that tries to look
like
a King James Bible – that’s correct, the lying and duplicitous Rupert
Murdoch
Version, Rome’s favourite son, the New King James Version. The NKJV is
an
entirely new translation and not a version of the King James Bible.
We could spend all our time answering the critics and
chase endless
rabbits down endless rabbit holes, only to have them pop up somewhere
else.
HOW FAR
SHOULD WE GO IN ANSWERING THE CRITICS?
If
Australian Bible Ministries were to answer every shallow objection as
to the inerrancy, infallibility and inspiration of the English King
James Bible
we would never be able to do anything else. We at ABM are guided by the following two Bible truths
“Answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like
unto him.
Answer a
fool according
to his folly, lest he
be wise in his own conceit.”
(Proverbs
26:4-5)
Dear
Reader, there are times when a foolish inquiry is to be ignored and
times when an answer needs to be given.
As we
state “We don’t care how much a man or woman knows about word and
doctrine, but it’s their attitude to learning more.”
You see,
there are times when an answer must be given lest the fool be
wise in his own conceit. There are times when we walk away without
giving an
answer lest we become like the fool. I’m sure you’ve all had experience
with
this. It’s called “When to say something and when to shut up.”
In this
series of “I’VE FOUND A MISTAKE IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE” we
answer for two reasons …
1.To
strengthen what remains in the saints that want the truth (Zec
10:12)
2. Leave
the blind alone and let them fall into the ditch (Matt 15:14)
As the
lights start to go out at an alarming rate, there are those who
want the truth, all of the truth and nothing but the truth at any
cost.
Dear Reader, we trust you are one of these. And then there are those
into which
one hundred stripes will not make a scrap of difference (Prov 17:10).
Back to
the ‘errors’.
QUESTION 1: “The Bible is wrong! It has the name of Nebuchadnezzar in one place
but Nebuchadrezzar in another place”
ANSWER:
They are both correct. They are two names for the same man.
EXPLANATION:
“In his
days Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three
years: then he turned and rebelled against him.” (2 Kings 24:1)
“Enquire,
I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king
of Babylon maketh war against us; if so
be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous
works,
that he may go up from us.” (Jeremiah
21:2)
Nebuchadnezzar means “high protector”
When a king’s history is referred to, and his historical
actions, the “n” form is used.
Nebuchadrezzar means “high servant”
When the king of Babylon appears as a servant of
God, the “r”
form is used. In this case he is being God’s servant but he just
doesn’t
know it.
THE DIVISION AND EXPLANATION OF THE NAMES FOLLOWS:
Nebu is
for Nebo which means high, as in the Babylonian sun god
chad is
a shortening of “Chaldean” standing for the Babylonian priestly
class
nez is
for protector which occurs 60 times in the King James Bible
rez is
for servant which occurs 31 times in the Bible.
zar means
king which is the root of the words “Caesar” and “Tsar”
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QUESTION
2: “The King James Bible has an error! In one place a king is
called
TIGLATHPILESER but in another place he’s
called TILGATHPILNESER”.
ANSWER:
No. They are two different men.
EXPLANATION:
There’s an
old saying that goes like this:
“Two
things that are the same are not different, and two things that are
different are not the same.”
You see,
there are three names mentioned in the Bible – Pul,
Tiglathpileser and Tilgathpilneser. Now two of these are
the same
and two of these are different. But Biblical scholars would have us
believe the
opposite.
We are
told by them that Pul and Tiglathpileser are different
men but they are not, they are the same. Furthermore, they tell us that
Tiglathpileser
and Tilgathpilneser are the same man, but that is incorrect,
they are
two entirely different men.
Wow! Are
you confused yet? The following table sets the scene:
|
King James
Bible Truth
Correct
|
So called
‘Bible’ scholarship
Commentators
& Scholars
Wrong
|
Pul and
Tiglathpileser
|
They are
the same man
|
They are
different men
|
Tiglathpileser
and
Tilgathpilneser
|
They are
different men
|
They are
the same man
|
The names
look similar but the spelling is different, and as it will be
shown, these are two different men.
Til g ath pil n
eser
Tig
l ath pil
eser
The
explanation comes in two sections:
1. It will
be shown that the Assyrian king Pul
is also called Tiglathpileser.
2. It will
be shown that king Tiglathpileser
is not king Tilgathpilneser. They are two different
kings.
FIRSTLY
The
following two scriptures would appear to indicate that there were two
kings of Assyria, Pul and Tiglathpileser, that came
against
the two kings Menahem and Pekah of the Northern tribes
of Israel.
“And Pul
the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem
gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him
to
confirm the kingdom in his hand.” (2 Kings 15:19)
‘In the
days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser
king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and
Kedesh,
and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
carried them
captive to Assyria.” (2 Kings 15:29)
But this
was not the case – there was only one Assyrian king with
two names that opposed Israel. His name was Tiglathpileser
who also
had the personal name of Pul. It can be shown that the
king of
Assyria, Tiglathpileser, with the personal name of Pul,
had a
reign that overlapped the reigns of both the kings Menahem
and Pekah
of the Northern tribes of Israel.
SECONDLY
“And the
God of Israel stirred up the spirit of PUL king of
Assyria, and the spirit of TILGATHPILNESER king of
Assyria,
and he (God)
carried them away, even the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and
brought them
unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this
day.” (1
Chron 5:26)
God
stirred up the spirit of the two kings of Assyria, the one in
the North was Pul Tiglathpileser and the other was king Tilgathpilneser
of Southern Assyria. Yes, there were two kings of Assyria that
reigned at
the same time, called a co-regency – one in North Assyria and
one in
South Assyria. This was not uncommon in nations.
If these
were not two different kings, we have the non-sensical
scripture with the silly repetition that would read as follows
“And the God
of Israel stirred up the spirit of PUL king
of Assyria, and the spirit of PUL king of Assyria …”
These are
obviously two different kings as it would not make
sense for God “to stir up the spirit of Pul and then stir up the spirit
of
Pul”.
Furthermore,
the carrying away was done by God, not by Pul or
Tilgathpilneser, as they were merely the two instruments that God used
to accomplish
his purpose.
If the
wrong assumption is made that these two names represent one man,
then it’s no wonder that the “he” of “he carried them away” is wrongly
seen as
one man and not God. Careful reading shows that the “he” is “God” who
carries them
away. God carries Israel away with one man being used – not two.
IN SUMMARY
As
mentioned, there are three names
1. Pul
2. Tiglathpileser
3. Tilgathpilneser
Now two of
these are the same and two of these are different but this is
not what is currently taught.
Correct
|
Wrong
Bible
Commentators and Scholars
|
Number 1
and number 2 are the same man.
|
Number 1
and number 2 are not the same man.
|
Number 2
and number 3 are not the same man.
|
Number 2
and number 3 are the same man.
|
WHEN YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY …
“I have found a mistake in the King James Bible” you will
know they
either are ignorant in the true sense of the word or with their will,
they
choose to be willingly ignorant … that is no amount of true,
correct or
factual information that can change their mind. You could dump a
semi-trailer
load of information on their front lawn, but they will not be convinced.
WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO?
Dear
Reader, most people
have already made up their mind that there are mistakes in the King
James
Bible, and they will not let facts get in the way of their opinion.
When you
hear someone say “I’ve found a mistake…”. Do your best to open their
eyes for a
couple of times … then just shake your head, walk away and pray that
God will
open their eyes.
As
someone said a long time
ago “People’s ignorance is their most prized possession, and they will
burn
down their own house to protect it.” Well ain’t that the truth.
“Get
saved or you will burn
in hell.”
“Well,
I don’t believe it.
That’s just your opinion!”
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“I’VE FOUND A MISTAKE”
(Part 1
of 3)
Harley
Hitchcock
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.com
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