700, 7000 or 1700 Horsemen in 2 Samuel 8:4?

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“And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.” (2 Samuel 8:4, KJV) This concerns the battle between David and Hadarezer. The KJV follows the Masoretic text and says that David captured “a … Read more

“Satyrs” or “Goats” in Isaiah 13:21 et al.?

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“But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.” (Isaiah 13:21, KJV) The Hebrew word for goat is “שׂעיר (saiyr).” It refers to the animal, but also to goat demons (Leviticus 17:7). The term “satyr” is … Read more

“Thought it not robbery to be equal with God” or “Did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped” in Philippians 2:6?

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James R. White, author of The King James Only Controversy, considers the NIV’s rendering (in the 1984 version), “did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,” to be “clearer than the KJV’s ambiguous translation” (King James Only Controversy, p. 197). The issue with the KJV, however, is not that it translates ambiguously but … Read more

“Jesus” or “Joshua” in Acts 7:45 & Hebrews 4:8?

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“ιησους (Iesous),” or “Jesus,” is the Greek form of “Joshua.” Critics claim that the KJV, by merely transliterating the name, misleads readers into thinking that these verses about Joshua the son of Nun are about Jesus Christ. However, one must wonder why English readers should be misled by something that did not mislead Greek readers, … Read more