Bible Contradiction? Who tempted David to number Israel?

For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: Who tempted David to number Israel?

Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes shows a Bible contradiction:

God

“Now the anger of the Lord burned against Israel again, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”” (2 Samuel 24:1)

Satan

“Then Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count Israel.” (1 Chronicles 21:1)

(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)

Here’s a closer look at whether or not there is a contradiction:

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