Historical Error
found in the supposed word of God.
We read in the book of Esther of a highly influential person, the second man in the kingdom next to king Ahasuerus, he is Mordecai.
Mordecai
the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by
his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up
for the welfare of all the Jews. (Esther 10:3)
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As much, inspiring these words many seem we find a
serious historical error regarding this man’s timeline.
According to (Esther 10:3) Mordecai became
prime minister between the year 485-465 BC, however we find in (Esther 2:5-6)
Mordecai came to babylon in the year 596 BC with Jehoiachin Nearly 125 years
earlier?
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Commentaries :
We
have seen that the events recorded in this book carry us to the year 470 B.C.,
at which time Mordecai was at the zenith of his greatness.
There
were at least three captivities of Judah
the first when Daniel was carried away, in the third year of Jehoiakim (Daniel
1:1), which was B.C. 605; the second
that here referred to, when Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah, was made prisoner, eight
years later, or B.C. 597; and the third when
Zedekiah was taken and Jerusalem burnt, in B.C. 586.
Kish belonged to the second captivity.
In short
Mordecai became prime minister
to Xerxes (Ahasuerus), who reigned 485-465 BC. Yet the same Mordecai had
come to Babylon in 596 BC with Jehoiachin (Esther 2:5-6). Which means Mordecai came to Babylon 125 year prior to
King Xerxes.
Such a blunder cannot be
rectified unless one is out of this mind
