ISAIAH 37 // II KINGS 19

Here is another gem from the internet: “The word-for-word duplication between Isaiah 37 and II Kings 19, written by Jeremiah, has been called the most outrageous error in the Bible.” Actually, I would label this The Most Outrageous Objection to the Bible for the following reasons.

1. No one knows who wrote the Book of Kings or when it was written.

2. Within I-II Kings are listed several of the earlier sources used to compose it, including The History of the Kings of Israel, The History of the Kings of Judah, The Book of the Deeds of Solomon, prophetic narratives (and these could include the Book of Isaiah) and Temple records. All historians utilize historical sources.

3. I find it hard to understand how this can be considered an "error"; you can't even accuse the author of Kings of plagiarism since he lists his sources.

3. You might as well complain that large portions of Samuel-Kings are duplicated word-for-word in Chronicles and that duplications appear between the four Gospel accounts. So what? It really just means an additional witness to the events being narrated.