Answer a fool according to his folly, and answer not a fool according to his folly. Is this a contradiction in the Bible?
Who led David to number the people? One place you read that it was God and yet in another place it was Satan. Is this a contradiction in the word of God?
Authority for truth is the right to determine what the truth is.
David is in charge. As such, it is a day of forgiveness and mercy (Shimei and Mephibosheth). It is a day of grace and blessing (Barzillai and Chimham).
If God be for us, who can be against us?
