Re: Did God incite David to Sin?
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Originally Posted by zeek
Assuming that there was an actual event when David took a census of the people and sometime afterward there was an epidemic, a henoist without understanding of germ theory would probably attribute the epidemic to God's punishment. If, on reviewing the story in a later period when the author was living in a culture influenced by Zoroastrian dualism, attributing the epidemic to Satan would have made more sense. From the standpoint of history the difference in attribution between II Samuel 24:1 and Chronicles 21:1 is not surprising whereas from the standpoint of Biblical inerrantism it's a shock and a mystery.
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