There are two contradictory stories told of the death of King Saul in the Bible. So, who dunnit? And, maybe more importantly, why did they do it?

And was it murder most foul?

Based on the two stories of the death of Saul in 1 Samuel 31 and 2 Samuel 1, and the story of the raid on Ziklag by the Amalekites is in 1 Samuel30.

Also references the sad tale of Saul's "genocide" of the Amalekites as told in 1 Samuel 15.

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King Saul is told by the Prophet Samuel to do something terrible. Could such a message truly come from God, or did something interfere with the transmission?

Based on 1 Samuel 15.

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The man who had been born blind may not have seen Jesus and his disciples walking towards him, but he heard them. He heard what the disciples asked and what the teacher replied. What was he thinking and feeling as they were all talking about him, but no one was talking to him?

Based on John 9.

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This is the story of how the author of the Gospel of Matthew came to make his strange adaptations and expansions of the story of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Why on earth did he insist that Jesus mounted and rode two donkeys at once?

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While wandering in the desert with a very ungrateful people, Moses comes up with a truly inspired plan to get them to stop complaining.

Based on Exodus 17:1-7.

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A newly anointed King Saul has a strange encounter with a group of prophets who are rocking out to the music, and it changes everything for him, for a while.

Based on 1 Samuel 10:5-12 and 1 Samuel 16:14-23.

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The Book of Acts tells a wild story about what happened while Paul was in Corinth, and it involved a guy named Sosthenes. Later, Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth with a guy named Sosthenes .

Coincidence? Maybe.

Or maybe the writer of the Book of Acts was trying to get a message across with the story he wrote.

Based on Acts 18:1-18 and 1 Corinthian 1:1-17.

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What was the fourth gospel writer doing with his prologue? Was he writing a commentary on Genesis 1 or a treatise on Greek philosophy?

No, he was telling a story.

Based on John 1:1-18, Genesis 1:1-2:4 and the Old Testament narrative of the people of Israel.

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