Question:
why there is a different in number in 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18, first wrote 700 and second wrote 7000?!
Answer:
As you note, 2 Samuel 10:18 records that David killed 700 charioteers, while 1 Chronicles says 7,000. The author of 1 Chronicles is apparently literarily embellishing the number by a factor of 10 to emphasize the magnitude of the rout of King David and his Israelite Army over the Syrians.
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