The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page lv
GENERAL INTRODUCTION But in Deuteronomy 10:6 we read; And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera; there Aaron, died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son. . . It is evident that one and the same person could not die in two different places; There can be no doubt that these two contradictory passages were entered in the Bible by two different scribes who have written down their own speculations in it and presented them as the word of God. (5) In I Samuel 16:10-13 we read that David was the eighth son of Jesse: Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said into Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. But in I Chronicles 2:13-15 we read that David was the 7th son of Jesse. Thus: And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. This contradiction also shows that historians of different persuasions have entered their views into the Bible, so that the Bible, as we know it today, cannot be regarded as a Book of God preserved in its original purity. (6) In II Samuel 6:23 we read: Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. But in II Samuel 21:8 we read:. . . and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: The same book describes Michal as childless in one place and the mother of five sons in another. (7) Similarly in II Chronicles 21:19-20 we read that king Jehoram ascended the throne at the age of 32, reigned for 8 years; remained dethroned xxix