“When Sh’mu’el grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. His firstborn was named Yo’el, while his second son was named Aviyah; they were judges in Be’er-Sheva.”-1 Samuel 8:1-2
Gotta question for you.
Based on the verse copied above, how many children did Samuel have in total?
If you said two, you’re probably wrong.
Why?
Because in both the “Old” and New Testaments, guided by God’s inspiration, the Biblical authors only included information they thought most important to the story they were telling at the time.
That’s right.
They left out tons of information they deemed not relevant.
This should be obvious.
I mean think about it about for a sec.
Do we ever read of Samuel meeting some nice lady and getting married?
No, right?
Yet, all of sudden in verse 1 he’s got 2 sons.
So basic logic would tell us he got married in the past.
Like duh!
However, what we must NOT do is assume these 2 sons were Samuel’s ONLY 2 sons.
Especially considering that would’ve been an exceptionally small family back in those days.
Unless his wife had some kind of physical problem, chances are high Samuel not only had many more sons but probably a number of daughters as well.
Again, they simply aren’t mentioned because they aren’t important to the story.
It’s the same thing with Adam and Eve’s sons Cain and Abel.
They weren’t the only children the first couple in history ever had.
This should be obvious because we’re told that after being cursed by God, Cain wandered off and took a wife.
Where did she come from if Adam and Eve hadn’t given birth to more children other than Cain and Abel (and then later a third son named Seth)?
I’ve had folks present this to me as evidence that the Scriptures are riddled with errors and mistakes.
They simply didn’t understand this important Biblical principle.
The authors of Scripture will intentionally LEAVE OUT huge details because they weren’t pertinent to the story at hand.
Ya feel me?
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