Science & Scripture

2 Samuel

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Old Testament · passages in 2 Samuel compared with current science.

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• A man's annual haircut produced 2.3 kilograms — about 5 pounds — of hair.

  2 Samuel 14:25-26

  What it means: Human hair grows about 15 centimeters (6 inches) per year.

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• A single being's anger once caused the earth to shake and the sky to tremble.

  2 Samuel 22:8

  What it means: Human emotions are electrochemical processes in the brain.

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• A powerful exhale through the nostrils can strip away oceans and expose Earth's foundations.

  2 Samuel 22:16

  What it means: A human sneeze — the most powerful nasal blast we can produce — exits at about 160 km/h (100 mph) and moves roughly 0.5 liters of air.

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• A tribal nation in 1000 BCE mustered 1.3 million fighting men for a military census.

  2 Samuel 24:9

  What it means: 2 Samuel reports David’s census counting about 1.3 million fighting men.

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