The Bible has:
773,692 words
31,173 verses
1189 chapters
3,566,480 letters
1260 promises
6468 commands
Over 8000 prophesies
3294 questions
1845 references to Christ's second
coming in the OT (318 in the NT)
Shortest verse: Jn 11:35:
"Jesus wept"
Longest verse: Esther 8:9
Longest chapter: Ps 119
Shortest chapter: Ps 117
Shortest book: 3 John
Longest book: Psalms
Most
used
word: "the" (over 24,000 times)
The exact middle of the Bible is (Ps
118:8).
The Bible was written over a period
of 1500 years by 40 different authors.
The longest sentence in the Bible
(KJV Version) is found in (Eph 1:3-14).
Nine out of every ten people own a
Bible.
The Bible has been translated into
at least 600 languages.
Have you ever taken the time to read
your Bible cover to cover? Assuming your Bible
is 1000 pages long (not counting
study notes), and you read a page every 5 minutes,
it should take you 84 hours or just
under 3 and a half days to read it all.
You have read many other books cover
to cover, but have you read the most important
book of all time?
BIBLE FACTS:
Methuselah was the oldest man at 969
yrs old (Gen 5:27).
Six other people also lived to be
over 900 yrs old: (Adam 930 yrs old: Gen 5:5)
(Seth 912 yrs old: Gen 5:8)(Enos
[Enosh] 905 yrs old: Gen 5:11)(Cainan [Kenan]
910 yrs old: Gen 5:14)(Jared 962 yrs
old: Gen 5:20)(Noah 950 yrs old: Gen 9:28)
** Note: After the flood, longevity
of life greatly decreased.
Seven people committed suicide in
the Bible: (Zimri: 1 Kg 16:18)
(Judas: Mt 27:3-5)(Abimelech: Judg
9:53-54)(Ahithophel: 2 Sam 17:23)
(Samson: Judg 16:25-30)(Saul: 1 Sam
31:4-5, 1 Chr 10:4-5)
(Saul's armorbearer: 1 Sam 31:5, 1
Chr 10:5).
There are 10 places where people
were raised from the dead in the Bible:
Elijah raised the widow's son (1 Kg
17:17-24).
Elisha raised the Shunammites son (2
Kg 4:18-37).
A dead man came to life when his
body was set on the dead bones of Elisha
(2 Kin 13:20-21).
Jesus raised a widow's son (Lk
7:11-15).
Jesus raised the daughter of Jarius
(Lk 8:41-42,49-56).
Jesus raised Lazarus (Jn 11:1-46).
Jesus was resurrected (Mt 28)(Mk
16)(Lk 24)(Jn 20-21)
Many dead saints came out of their
graves after Jesus' resurrection (Mt 27:51-53).
Peter raised Tabitha (Dorcas) (Acts
9:36-51).
Paul raised Eutychus (Acts 20:9-12).
The 10 commandments had writing on
both sides (Ex 32:15).
Ehud was the 1st left handed man in
the Bible (Judg 3:15).
Dogs are mentioned 41 times in the
Bible, cats are never mentioned.
Ostriches are mentioned only twice
in the Bible: (Job 39:13-18)(Lam 4:3). They
are described as cruel and harsh
towards their young, having no wisdom or
understanding, but faster than a
horse.
Jubal invented the harp and flute
(Gen 4:21).
Delilah did not cut Samson's hair
(Judg 16:19).
Everyone spoke the same language until
the incident at the Tower of Babel
(Gen 11:1-9).
There was a lady named Noah (Josh
17:3).
Samson used the jawbone of an ass to
kill 1000 men (Judg 15:15).
The only boat mentioned by name in
the Bible is the Castor and Pollux
(Acts 28:11).
Manasseh was the longest reigning
king at 55 years (2 Kg 21:1).
Zimri was the shortest reigning king
at 7 days (1 Kg 16:15).
Joash was the youngest king at 7
years old (2 Chr 24:1).
Genesis never says Adam and Eve ate
an apple, only that they ate fruit.
The only place an apple tree is
mentioned is in the Bible is
(Song of Solo 2:3).
Er was the 1st person God killed for
being wicked (Gen 38:7).
Isaiah is the Old Testament book
most quoted in the New Testament (419 times).
Psalms is second with (414 quotes).
Genesis is third with (260 quotes).
Lamach was the first person recorded
in the Bible to commit polygamy (Gen 4:19).
Noah's Ark was 450' long, 75' wide,
and 45' high, and had 3 stories
(Gen 6:15-16).
God shut the door of the Ark (Gen
7:16).
There were 4 creatures sent as part
of the 10 plagues against Egypt: frogs,
lice, flies, and locusts.
Goliath's armor weighed 125 pounds
(Judg 17:5).
David kept Goliath's armor in his
tent after defeating him (Judg 17:54).
Solomon had 700 wives and 300
concubines (1 Kg 11:3).
Stephen was the 1st Christian martyr
(Acts 6:7-8:2).
James was the first apostle martyred
(Acts 12:1-2).
Othniel was the 1st judge of Israel
(Judg 3:9-10).
Green is the 1st color mentioned in
the Bible (Gen 1:30).
Joshua captured 31 kings (Josh
12:9-24).
David is mentioned 1139 times in the
Bible, second only to Jesus.
Sarah is the most mentioned woman
(59 times), Rachel is 2nd (47 times).
Miriam is the 1st woman recorded
singing in the Bible (Ex 15:21).
Gamaliel was Paul's teacher (Acts
22:3). He as also an important member of the
Sanhedrin (Acts 5:34).
There are 7 Marys in the New
Testament.
There was a man with 6 fingers and 6
toes (2 Sam 21:20).
Two men never died in the Bible:
Enoch (Gen 5:22-24) and Elijah (2 Kg 2:11).
The book of Job dates before Exodus.
God is not mentioned in the book of
Esther.
The longest word in the Bible is
Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Every quote Jesus used against Satan
was from the book of Deuteronomy.
Jesus quoted from Genesis 25 times.
Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and Joshua
were the only people who fasted 40 days in
the Bible. Moses also went without
water for 40 days (Ex 34:28)(Deut 9:18).
Word for word, Luke wrote more of
the New Testament than Paul.
The books Paul wrote in the NT were
named for the people they were written to.
Jesus never once told His disciples
He loved them in the Bible, He showed them
with His actions.
Bethlehem means "house of
bread."
Amen means basically "so be
it."
Hosanna means "save now."
Manna means "what is it."
When the king of Nineveh called the
people to repent, even the animals were
to fast and be covered in sackcloth
(Jonah 3:7-8).
Job at one time had 7000 sheep, 3000
camels, 500 oxen, and 500 female
donkeys (Job 1:3).
There are approximately 125 animals
mentioned in the Bible.
Job said his wife thought he had bad
breath (Job 19:17).
Solomon had 12,000 horses and 1400
chariots (1 Kg 10:26).
Solomon wrote 3000 proverbs and 1005
songs (1 Kg 4:32).
Silver was of little value in
Solomon's day (1 Kg 10:21)
Egyptians despised shepherds (Gen
46:34).
Adam was 130 years old when Seth was
born (Gen 5:3).
Jacob had 12 sons, but also had a
daughter named Dinah (Gen 34:1).
The Levites could not serve in the
Tabernacle until 25 years old and had to
retire at age 50 (Num 8:24-25).
When Moses lead the people out of
Egypt, he took along Joseph's bones (Ex 13:19).
God Himself buried Moses and no one
knows where (Deut 34:5-6).
Jerusalem at one time was called
Jebus (Judg 19:10). It was also called
Salem (Ps 76:2)(Gen 14:18)(Heb
7:1-2).
Og, the king of Bashan, had a bed
made of iron that was 13' long and 6' wide
(Deut 3:11).
Eglon was a very fat man (Judg
3:17).
During a severe famine in Samaria, a
donkey's head was being sold for 80
pieces of silver and 16 oz of a
dove's dung was being sold for 5 pieces
of silver (ewwww)(2 Kg 6:25).
When Nehemiah saw that the men of
Judah had married foreign wives, he rebuked
them, beat some of them, and pulled
out their hair (Neh 13:25).
There are 12 books of the Bible that
start with J.
The disciples were called Christians
for the 1st time at Antioch (Acts 11:26).
Jesus was about 30 when He began His
ministry (Lk 3:23).
Jesus performed over 30 miracles in
the Gospels.
The last place we see the Ark of the
Covenant in the Bible is in (2 Chr 35:3)
when God told the Levites to place
it in the Temple that Solomon built.
There is nothing in the Bible
stating men and women danced with one another.
The new Earth won't have any seas
(Rev 21:1).
The law was given 430 years after
God's covenant was established with Abraham
(Gal 3:16-17).
The Sea of Galilee was also known as
the Sea of Tiberias (Jn 21:1).
Joseph was the only person in
Genesis to live less than 120 years.
Isaiah (Greek word Esaias) is quoted
by name more than any other Old Testament
prophet in the New Testament (21
times).
Jesus asked 107 questions in the
Bible.
There are 613 articles in the law.
There is only one place in the Bible
that shows Jesus sleeping; it is in the
midst of a storm (Mt 8:23-27)(Mk
4:35-41)(Lk 8:22-25).
Unlike today, people who died during
Bible times were almost always buried
the same day they died.
Verily I say unto you (or thee) is
used 77 times in the Gospels.
The 4 Gospels record about 50 days
of Jesus 3 year ministry.
The time period of the book of
Genesis spans more time than all of the rest
of the Bible combined.
The walls surrounding Babylon were
87 ft thick and 387 ft high.
King Ahasuerus made a feast that
went for 180 days (Est 1:3-4).
The only woman the Bible tells us to
remember is Lot's wife (Lk 17:32).
Enoch was the first man to prophesy
in the Bible (Jude 14).
Paul was guarded by 470 soldiers
when He was taken to Governor Felix (Acts 23:23).
Speaking of Felix, He is one of only
3 people in the Bible who's name begins
with an F: Felix, Fortunatus (1 Cor
16:17), and Festus (Acts 24-26).
A ball is mentioned only once in the
Bible (Isa 22:18).
Joseph is the first man mentioned as
shaving (Gen 41:14).
Cheese is mentioned 3 times in the
Bible (1 Sam 17:18)(2 Sam 17:29)(Job 10:10).
There was a king named So (2 Kg
17:4), an altar named Ed (Josh 22:34), and a
man named Hen (Zech 6:14).
Sarah is the only woman mentioned as
laughing in the Bible (Gen 18:12-13).
Paul had a sister (Acts 23:16).
Boys didn't officially get their names
until they were circumcised on the
8th day after being born.
Abraham was circumcised when he was
99 years old (Gen 17:24).
Can you find a place in the Bible
where it says angels sing?
Abraham got remarried after Sarah
died, to Keturah. He had 6 children with her
(Gen 25:1-2).
There are approximately 34 false
gods mentioned in the Bible.
Four of the false gods were women:
(Asherah: Judg 3:7, 2 Kg 21:7, 1 Kg 18:19)
(Ashteroth [Aphrodite to the Greeks,
Venus to the Romans]: 1 Sam 31:10,
1 Kg 11:5,33)(Succoth Benoth: 2 Kg
17:30)(Diana: Acts 19:27,35,37).
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are
the only people mentioned in the Bible as
wearing hats (Dan 3:21).
Only those who breathed through
their nostrils were killed in the flood (Gen 7:22).
Three of Benjamin's sons were named
Muppim, Huppim, and Ard (Gen 46:21).
Jacob was buried with Leah and not
Rachel when he died (Gen 49:31).
Embalming in early Bible times took
40 days (Gen 50:3).
When Moses went up to Mt. Sinai to
get the 10 commandments, he went up, then had to
go back down, then up again before
he received them (Ex 19:24).
Anything that walked on four paws
was a forbidden food under the law (Lev 11:27).
The six "cities of refuge"
were a part of the land given to the Levites (Num 35:6).
In the book of Deuteronomy, God was
still taking care of the descendants of Esau
(Deut 2:4-5).
The Israelites left Egypt in the
evening at sunset (Deut 16:6).
There was a city called Adam (Josh
3:16).
God also dried up the Jordan River
so His people could pass through (Josh 3:14-17).
God rained down large stones from
Heaven on some of Israel's enemies (Josh 10:11).
Samson not wanting to marry a
Philistine girl (who was not of his own people) was
of the Lord (Judg 14:4).
The Gileadites tested people to see
if they were their enemies the Ephraimites
by making them say
"Shibboleth." The Ephraimites couldn't pronounce it right,
saying "Sibboleth," and
when they mispronounced it, they were captured and killed.
Saul was so afraid when they tried
to make him king, he hid in some luggage so
they couldn't find him (1 Sam
10:22).
Saul gave David's wife Michal to a
man named Palti (1 Sam 25:44).
The Lord named Solomon
"Jedediah," meaning "beloved of the Lord" (2 Sam 12:25).
Absalom made a monument to himself
(2 Sam 18:18).
A man named Ben-hur was a deputy
over Israel (1 Kg 3:16).
The pillars in front of the Temple
had names: Jachin and Boaz (1 Kg 7:21)
(2 Chr 4:17).
Samaria was named after a man called
Shemer, and bought for two talents of silver
(1 Kg 16:24).
King Ahab built an ivory house (1 Kg
22:39).
Elijah was a hairy man (2 Kg 1:8).
God parted the Jordan River for both
Elijah and Elisha (2 Kg 2:7-9,14).
Jehu was a crazy chariot driver (2
Kg 9:20).
Elisha died from an illness (2 Kg
13:14).
David had a son named Daniel (1 Chr
3:1).
Joab became David's commander and
chief because he killed the first person when
David took over Jerusalem (1 Chr
11:6).
The Gadites had faces like lions (1
Chr 12:8).
David's sons had a tutor named
Hachmoni (1 Chr 27:32).
Esther was also called Hadessah (Est
2:7).
Job had worms in his skin during his
trial (Job 7:5).
Solomon had black, wavy hair (Song
5:11).
There were cities named Michmash
(Isa 10:28), Hanes (Isa 30:4), and Sin
(Ezek 30:15).
Kings Zedekiah and Ahab were burned
to death (Jere 29:22).
Herod had a brother named Philip (Mk
6:17).
When Jesus was walking on water, He
intended to pass by the disciples boat
(Mk 6:48).
The prodigal son had spent part of
his inheritance on prostitutes (Lk 15:30).
Andrew was a disciple of John The
Baptist before becoming Jesus disciple
(Jn 1:35,40).
In the place where Jesus was
crucified, there was a garden (Jn 19:41).
Paul spoke both Greek and Hebrew
(Acts 21:37,40).
The Sadducees didn't believe in
resurrection from the dead, angels, or spirits
(Acts 23:8).
Paul was unskilled in speech (2 Cor
11:6).
Mark was a cousin of Barnabas (Col
4:10).
Elijah prayed, and it didn't rain on
the Earth for three and a half years
(Jas 5:17).
David had two sisters named Zeruiah
and Abagail (1 Chr 2:16).
Jacob didn't destroy his idols, he
hid them under a tree (Gen 35:4).
God told the Israelites no animal of
the sea should be eaten unless it had fins or
scales (Lev 11:9).
There were 6 steps to Solomon's
throne (1 Kg 10:19).
Goliath had a brother named Lahmi (1
Chr 20:5).
Who wrote the book of Deuteronomy?
Did you say Moses? Well he wrote MOST of it, but
not ALL of it. He could not have
written the last chapter (34), because he was
dead. Most believe Joshua finished
it.
Joshua also could not have written
Joshua 24:29-33, because he had died.
Jesus called Himself the "Son
of man" 75 times in the Gospels.
Jesus was born during the reign of
Caesar Augustus (Lk 2:1).
Elephants are never mentioned in the
Bible. However, ivory, which comes from
elephants' tusks, is mentioned 13
times.
Psalm 111 is an example of an
acrostic psalm. Each line begins with a different
letter of the Hebrew alphabet from
beginning to end (22 letters). Other examples
of acrostics can be found in Psalms
9,10,25,34,37,112,119,145.
Why does the Bible say that people
were always "going up" to Jerusalem? Because
Jerusalem sits upon a hill, and no
matter what direction you approach from, you
will always be going up to it.
Absalom cut his hair once a year,
and when he did what was cut off weighed just
about 5 pounds (1 Sam 14:26)!
Rachel was a shepherdess (Gen 29:9).
Even though Leah and Rachel were
both married to Jacob, Leah had to buy a night
with her husband from Rachel for
some mandrakes her son had brought her
(Gen 30:14-16).
The golden calf which Aaron made for
the Israelites was made ONLY from earrings
(Ex 32:2-4).
John The Baptist never performed any
miracles (Jn 10:41).
Abraham had sons with some of his
concubines too (Gen 26:6).
Only two people died by hanging in
the Bible, and both were suicides
(Ahithophel 2 Sam 17:23)(Judas Mt
27:5).
Four squads of soldiers (16
soldiers) were assigned to guard Peter in prison
(Acts 12:4). He was also chained
between two soldiers at all times (Acts 12:6).
Peter obviously knew he would never
be a part of a rapture because Jesus told
him how he would die (Jn 21:18-19).
David's tomb was still visible in
Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost
(Acts 2:29).
There was a place near Gilgal called
the "Hill of the Foreskins" (Josh 5:3).
(see footnotes in versions other
than KJV)
The Valley of Hinnom was a place
just south of Jerusalem where the garbage of
the city was taken and burned. It
was burning continually. The Greek word for
this place was Gehenna, which was used
in the New Testament 12 times, and it
was translated as Hell.
There was a man named Salmon (Ruth
4:20-21)(Mt 1:4-5)(Lk 3:32).
A man named Judas lived on
"Straight Street" (Acts 9:11).
Speaking of Barnabas, keep in mind
that the only vowel in his name is "a." It
is not Barnabus as many often spell
it.
Elizabeth, the mother of John The
Baptist was a descendant of Aaron (Lk 1:5).
John The Baptist was Jesus' cousin
(Lk 1:36).
There were 13 plagues in the Bible.
There were 25 fasts in the Bible.
Timothy was mentioned by Paul 17
times in his letters.
Timothy had a Jewish mother and a
Gentile father (Acts 16:1).
In (Ezek 24:23), the KJV Bible says
the house of Israel wore "tires" on their
heads. Modern translations make this
a "turban."
A few Pharisees were converted (i.e.
Paul, Nicodemus), but there is no record
of any Sadducees being converted.
The Bible records God the Father
speaking audibly to Jesus 3 times while He was
on the Earth: (Mt 3:17)(Mt 17:5)(Jn
12:28).
Jesus proclaimed His deity 7 times
in the book of John by saying "I AM"
(Jn 6:35, 8:12, 10:7,9, 10:11,14,
11:25, 14:6, 15:1).
Noah and his family were on the Ark
for just over a year (Gen 7:11, 8:14).
The Earth has been completely
covered with water twice: at the beginning of
creation (Gen 1) and during the
flood (Gen 7).
Nehemiah, along with some other men,
returned to Jerusalem after the exile and
rebuilt it's walls in 52 days (Neh
6:15)!
The Bible never says that there were
only 3 wise men, however, tradition says
that their names were Gaspar,
Balthazar, and Melchior.
There was an unnamed river that
flowed out of the Garden of Eden which parted into
4 more rivers: Pishon, Gihon,
Hiddekel (Tigris) and Euphrates (Gen 2:10-14).
Eden means "delight" in
Hebrew.
The first question God asked in the
Bible was "Where art thou?" to Adam (Gen 3:9).
Twenty different birds were
forbidden food (Lev 11:13-19).
The first person to be called a
Hebrew in the Bible was Abram (Gen 14:13).
Only two nuts are mentioned by name
in the Bible: almonds and pistachios.
Salt is mentioned 41 times in the
Bible, but pepper is never mentioned.
The word "hate" is used 87
times in the Bible, but the word "love" is used 310
times.
The only angels mentioned by name in
the Bible are: Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer.
God parted bodies of water for 4 men
in the Bible: Moses (Ex 14:21-22),
Joshua (Josh 3:13-17), Elijah (2 Kg
2:8), Elisha (2 Kg 2:13-14).
After his conversion, Paul went to
Arabia for 3 years (Gal 1:17-18).
The phrase "It is written"
(referring to the Old Testament) is found 62 times in
the New Testament.
Babylon in the Bible was located
approximately where modern day Baghdad, Iraq is
today.
Psalm 110:1 is quoted or referred to
more in the New Testament than any other Old
Testament verse.
The word "Psalm" comes
from the Hebrew word "mizmowr" meaning "instrumental
music."
Nathanael, one of Jesus' 12
disciples, was from Cana (Jn 21:2), the same place
where Jesus performed His first
miracle at a wedding (Jn 2:1-10).
Judas "Iscariot" (Gr.Iskariotes)
meant "Judas of Kerioth."
There will be no marriages in Heaven
(Lk 20:34-35)(Mt 22:30)(Mk 12:25).
Jesus had at least 4 brothers named:
James, Joses, Juda (Jude), and Simon as well
as sisters (Mk 6:3)(Mt 13:55-56).
(James and Jude wrote books of the Bible.)
Christ means "Anointed
One."
An ostrich was the largest unclean
bird (Lev 11:16).
If an unclean animal fell into a
container, the container was to be broken
(Lev 11:33).
Under Old Testament purification
laws, anyone stepping on a grave was unclean for
7 days (Num 19:16).
Zechariah (son of Berechiah)(Zech
1:1), who wrote the book of Zechariah, was
murdered between the Temple and the
altar (Mt 23:35).
Moses is credited as the author of
Psalm 90.
In the genealogy of Jesus (Mt
1:1-16: the "royal line" through Joseph) are 4 women.
Tamar and Rahab were prostitutes,
Bathsheba was an adulterous, and Rahab and Ruth
were Gentiles.
The phrase "under the sun"
is used 29 times in Ecclesiastes.
Lawyers are mentioned 8 times in the
Bible. Only Zenas (Titus 3:13) is mentioned
by name.
Only Joseph is said to have been
placed in a "coffin" (Gen 50:26).
Adoni-bezek cut off the thumbs and
big toes of 70 kings. He was later captured and
had his cut off (Judg 1:5-7).
God told Gideon to pick his men for
war by how they drank water (Judg 5:4-7).
The camels of kings Zebah and
Zalmunna had crescent ornaments on their necks
(Judg 8:21).
Those same kings (Zebah and
Zalmunna) had killed Gideons' brothers. When Gideon
captured them in battle, he asked
his firstborn (likely teenage) son to kill them,
but he was afraid to do so,
therefore, Gideon killed them (Judg 8:18-21).
Gideon had 71 sons (Judg 8:30-31).
One of his sons, Abimelech, later killed 69 of
them (Judg 9:5-6).
Samson caught 300 foxes, tied them
tail to tail, put a lighted torch between their
two tails, and set them loose to
destroy the fields of the Philistines
(Judg 15:4-5).
Samson had 7 locks of hair (Judg
16:19).
David had a praise team of 4000 men
(1 Chr 23:5).
There are 106 names beginning with
"Z" in the Bible.
(Ezra 7:21) contains every letter of
the alphabet but "J."
About 100 pounds of myrrh and aloes
were placed on the body of Jesus (Jn 19:29).
Noah lived for 350 years after the
flood (Gen 9:28).
Noah's Ark contained only 1 window
(Gen 6:16).
Noah built the Ark with gopher wood
(Gen 6:14).
The Ark of the Covenant was made
with acacia (shittim) wood (Ex 25:10).
Daniel prayed on his knees 3 times a
day (Dan 6:10).
Job said the white of an egg has no
taste (Job 6:6).
A "Sabbath Day's Journey"
(Acts 1:12) was about a half-mile.
(This was a man-made tradition that
determined how far the Jews could walk on the
Sabbath.)
Paul was a tentmaker (Acts 18:1-3).
Israel (Jacob) gave Joseph his coat
of many colors when he was 17 (Gen 37:2-3).
Mary Magdalene had been possessed
with 7 demons (Lk 8:2).
When the Israelites attacked a city,
God said they were not to cut down the trees
(Deut 20:19).
The Valley of Siddim was full of tar
pits (Gen 14:10).
Jericho was also known as the
"city of palm trees" (Deut 34:3).
There were 3 men named
"Dodo" in the Bible: Grandfather of Tola (Judg 10:1),
Father of Eleazar (2 Sam 23:9)(1 Chr
11:12), Father of Elhanan (2 Sam 23:24)
(1 Chr 11:26).
Horses are mentioned 150 times in
the Bible.
150,000 laborers cut and carried the
stone used to build the Temple (2 Chr 2:18)
(1 Kg 5:15).
The Aramaic word "Raca"
used by Jesus in (Mt 5:22) was a word that was used as a
sign of great disrespect towards
someone. It basically meant the person was
"empty-headed."
There are approximately 33 different
birds listed in the Bible.
Approximately 20 precious stones are
mentioned in the Bible.
Lions killed people 3 times in the
Bible (1 Kg 13:23-24)(1 Kg 20:35-36)(Dan 6:24).
Three people also killed lions in
the Bible: (Samson: Judg 14:5-9)
(David: 1 Sam 17:34-36)(Benaiah: 2
Sam 23:20).
Speaking of Benaiah, when he
"killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day" (2 Sam 23:20)
(1 Chr 11:22), it is the only time
that the Bible talks about it snowing.
Amos was a herdsman and grower of
sycamore figs (Amos 7:14).
The daily provisions for Solomon's
palace were: 150 bushels of flour, 300 bushels of
meal, 10 stall fed cattle, 20
pasture fed cattle, 100 sheep and goats, as well as
deer, gazelles, roebucks, and choice
fowl (1 Kg 4:22).
When David ordered Joab and the army
commanders to count all of the fighting men
of Israel, it took them 9 months and
20 days. There were 1,100,000 men
(2 Sam 24:1-9).
When the Angel of the Lord sent a
pestilence upon Israel, he was actually visible
in the sky with a sword in his hand
(2 Sam 24:15-17)(1 Chr 21:14-17).
David paid 600 shekels of gold
(about 15 pounds) for the threshing floor of Ornan
the Jebusite. This was where God's
Temple was later built (1 Chr 21:14-17)
(2 Chr 3:1).
The plans for how God's Temple was
to be built were put in David's mind by the Holy
Spirit (1 Chr 28:12).
Jehiel the Gershonite was the first
person put in charge of the Temple treasury
(1 Chr 29:8).
Joab's house was located in the
wilderness (1 Kg 2:33-34).
There were 30,000 Israelites (plus
other non-Israelites) who helped build God's
Temple. They worked in shifts,
10,000 worked for one month, then they had 2 months
off (1 Kg 5:13-14).
The construction of God's Temple
began 480 years after the Israelites had come out
of Egypt (in the 4th year of
Solomon's reign)(1 Kg 6:1).
Some of the side chambers of God's
Temple were 3 stories high (1 Kg 6:5-8).
The walls of God's Temple were made
with cedar wood and the floor with cypress wood
(1 Kg 6:15).
When God's Temple was dedicated,
22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep were sacrificed by
Solomon (1 Kg 8:62-63).
Solomon had even more wisdom than
Ethan the Ezrahite, and the sons of Mahol (Heman,
Calcol, and Darda)(1 Kg 4:29-31)!
Solomon had 12 officers (district
governors) over all of Israel. Two of these, were
married to his daughters:
Ben-Abinadab to his daughter Taphath and Ahimaaz to his
daughter Basemath (1 Kg 4:7,11,15).
Nobody ever offered more spices as a
present than the Queen of Sheba gave to
Solomon (1 Kg 10:10)(2 Chr 9:9).
(Prov 30:24-28) says four animals
are exceedingly wise: ants, coneys, locusts, and
lizards.
God appeared to Solomon 3 times (1
Kg 11:9-13).
Rehoboam, Solomon's son, had 18
wives and 60 concubines. With them, he fathered 28
sons and 60 daughters (1 Kg 11:21).
Zimri was king for only 7 days when
he killed himself (1 Kg 16:15-18).
When a group of soldiers was lead
into Samaria, the king asked Elisha if he should
kill them. Elisha replied no, but
instead feed them. The king threw a great feast
and then sent them on their way.
They never bothered Israel again (2 Kg 6:20-23).
There was such a bad famine in
Samaria that 2 ladies agreed to kill their sons and
eat them to have food... The first
day, they ate one ladies son, then on the 2nd
day, when they were to eat the other
ladies son, she hid him (2 Kg 6:25-29).
No one was sorry when King Jehoram
died (2 Chr 21:18-20).
After the temple of Baal was
destroyed, the Israelites used it as a latrine
(2 Kg 10:26-28).
Hazael, the king's servant, killed
his master and king Ben-Hadad, and became king
in his place (2 Kg 8:14-15). Oddly
though, he named his after him (2 Kg 13:3), who
later became king himself (2 Kg
13:24).
A city in Egypt was named Memphis
(Hos 9:6).
King Uzziah loved the soil (2 Chr
26:10).
During the simultaneous reigns of
Uzziah and Jeroboam II, there was a very
destructive earthquake (Amos 1:1).
(Also see: Zech 14:5) Modern geologists have
also confirmed this.
Isaiah was married to a woman
referred to only as "the prophetess" (Isa 8:3). He
had at least 2 sons with her named
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (Isa 8:3) and
Shear-Jashub (Isa 7:3).
The men of Lud (Lydians) were famous
as archers (Isa 66:19).
King Sennacherib was assassinated by
2 of his sons, who then ran away, leaving a
third son to reign in his place (2
Kg 19:36-37)(2 Chr 32:21).
King Manasseh was buried in his
garden (2 Kg 21:18).
God would not allow Jeremiah to get
married (Jere 16:1).
Sadly, in the later years of his
life, Solomon had places built to worship the
heathen gods Ashtoreth, Chemosh, and
Milcom. These places were still present over
300 years later when Josiah was
king. Josiah destroyed them (2 Kg 23:13-14).
King Josiah was only about 13-14
years old when he became a father (connect these
verses to figure this out: 2 Kg
22:1, 2 Kg 23:31, 2 Kg 23:34-36).
Also, Jehoiachin, who would have
been Josiah's grandson, was 18 years old when he
became king, and he already had
"wives" (2 Kg 24:8,15).
God said He has 4 dreadful
judgments: sword (war), famine, wild beasts, and plague
(Ezek 14:21). (How many of these are
we seeing today?)
In approximately 588 B.C., King
Nebuchadnezzar began his siege of Jerusalem
(2 Kg 25:1)(Jere 39:1-2)(Jere 52:4).
The moment it began, God told Ezekiel, who was
100's of miles away, about it (Ezek
24:1-2).
Ezekiel wore a turban (Ezek 24:16).
Papers placed in an earthen jar
lasted for a long time (Jere 32:14).
(This is how the Dead Sea Scrolls
were stored when we found them 1000's of years
after they were written.)
Jonathan the scribe had his house
turned into a prison (Jere 37:15,20).
When 70 men were brutally killed at
Mizpah, their bodies were thrown into a cistern
that King Asa had made about 300
years earlier (Jere 41:4-9)(1 Kg 15:16-22).
King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden
statue of himself that was 90' high and 9' wide
(Dan 3:1).
God said the house of Judah should
hold fasts in the 4th, 5th, 7th, and 10th months
(Zech 8:19).
It took Nehemiah and the exiles who
returned to Jerusalem 52 days to rebuild the
wall around the city that had been
destroyed (Neh 6:15).
Nehemiah had a brother named Hanani
(Neh 7:2).
David had 6 brothers and 2 sisters
(1 Chr 2:13-16).
Both Joab and Amasa were commanders
of David's army. They were also his nephews
(1 Chr 2:15-17).
David's best friend Jonathan had a
son named Mephibosheth. He was also known as
Merib-Baal (1 Chr 8:34)(1 Chr 9:40).
He became crippled in both feet when he fell
at 5 years old while fleeing with
his nurse (2 Sam 4:4).
When Elizabeth became pregnant with
the baby John The Baptist, she went into
seclusion for 5 months (Lk 1:24).
John The Baptist wore clothes made
from camel hair (Mt 3:4).
Nazareth was built on a hill (Lk
4:16,29).
One of the women who followed Jesus
was Joanna. Her husband was the manager of the
evil King Herod's household (Lk
8:2-3).
The prophet Zechariah was martyred
between the altar and the Temple (Lk 11:51)
(Mt 23:35).
There was a tower in Siloam (located
in the southern part of Jerusalem) that fell
and killed 18 people (Lk 13:4).
There was also a "pool" in
Siloam that is mentioned in (Jn 9:7). It was built
hundreds of years earlier by King
Hezekiah (2 Kg 20:20)(2 Chr 32:30).
Jesus taught from a boat 2 times:
(Mt 13:1-3)(Mk 4:1-2) and (Lk 5:1-3).
Do you remember where Jesus and the
disciples were in their boat crossing the Sea
of Galilee in rough weather and
Jesus calmed the sea? Did you know that other boats
were with them? (Mt 8:23-27)(Mk
4:35-41)(Lk 8:22-25)(See: Mk 4:36)
When Jesus cast the demons out of a
demon possessed man into a herd of pigs, they
went into about 2000 pigs (Mk 5:13).
Mark recorded Jesus as saying that 2
sparrows sold for a copper coin (Mk 10:29).
However, Luke tells us in recording
Jesus' words that you could get a bargain deal
if you bought 5 sparrows. They only
cost 2 copper coins (Lk 12:6-7)!
When Jesus approached the disciples'
boat while walking on water, they had been
rowing for about 3 or 4 miles (Jn
6:19).
John The Baptist never performed a
miracle (Jn 10:40).
The disciple Thomas was also called
Didymus (Greek meaning the "twin") (Jn 11:16)
(Jn 20:24).
Bethany, home to Mary, Martha, and
Lazarus (close friends of Jesus), was only about
2 miles from Jerusalem (Jn 11:18).
Jesus' disciples carried 2 swords
(Lk 22:38).
King Herod and Pontus Pilate, who
had been enemies, became friends during their
persecution of Jesus (Lk 23:12).
Pilates' judgment seat was located
at a place called "The Pavement" or "Gabbatha"
in Hebrew (Jn 19:14).
Standing near the cross as Jesus was
dying were 4 women; 3 of them were named Mary
(Jn 19:25).
When the resurrected Jesus appeared
to the disciples fishing on the Sea of Galilee,
and told them to cast their net on
the right side of the boat, they hauled in 153
fish (Jn 21:1-11).
The field where Judas Iscariot
committed suicide was named Aceldama or "The Field
of Blood" (Acts 1:19).
The Holy Spirit was given at 9 a.m.
on the Day Of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4,15).
The east gate to the Temple was
called "Beautiful" (Acts 3:2,10).
Barnabas, whose name meant "Son
of Encouragement" was also called Joseph
(Acts 4:36).
Have you ever put your fingers in
your ears and made some loud noise (like "na,na,
na na,na") when you didn't want
to hear what someone had to say? The Jewish leaders
did this when Stephen was speaking.
They were so upset, they killed him
(Acts 7:57-58)!
When the apostle Philip found the
Ethiopian eunuch, he was reading out loud from
the book of Isaiah (Acts 8:30). He
was converted a short time later (Acts 8:27-40).
In (Acts 19:23-41), it speaks about
a great riot that occurred in Ephesus.
Apparently, it started slow, but
"soon the whole city was in an uproar"
(Acts 19:29). What I find funny is
that verse 32 says that most of the crowd didn't
even know why they were there or
shouting.
Epenetus was the first convert to
Christ from Asia (Rom 16:4).
There were 276 people aboard the
boat that was shipwrecked while taking Paul to
Rome (Acts 27:37). (However, none of
the people aboard died in that shipwreck as
Paul prophesied.)
After being shipwrecked, Paul and
the rest of his shipmates swam to an island
called Malta, where Publius was the
chief official (Acts 28:7).
After being shipwrecked and swimming
to the island of Malta, Paul, his shipmates,
and the islanders decided to start a
fire. As Paul was getting ready to lay sticks
on the fire that he had gathered, he
was bitten by a poisonous snake that was in
the sticks. All around thought he
would die, but when he did not, they decided he
was a god (Acts 28:1-6).
The 5th commandment says to
"honor your father and mother" (Ex 20:12). But, did you
know that the next sentence says if
you do, God promises to prolong your days?
Timothy's mother was named Eunice
and his grandmother was named Lois (2 Tim 1:2-5).
"Beth" is the 2nd letter
of the Hebrew alphabet. It also represents a "house." In
this context, it is used to describe
over 40 different places in the Bible.
Naomi's husband (Elimelech) and 2
sons (Mahlon and Chilion) all died within a
period of 10 years (Ruth 1:1-5).
The name of Ruth's first husband was
Mahlon (Ruth 1:4-5, 4:10). After he died, she
later married Boaz (Ruth 4:13).
King David was Ruth's (the book of
Ruth) great-grandson (Ruth 4:21-22)(Matt 1:5-6).
When the pregnant Mary (mother of
Jesus) went to see her pregnant cousin Elizabeth
(mother of John the Baptist) (Lk 1:39-56),
she had to travel approximately 70
miles on winding and hilly roads.
The journey probably took 3 or 4 days!
Sarah died when she was 127 years
old (Gen 23:1), 37 years after she had given
birth to Isaac (Gen 17:17).
Stay with me here, this is a long
and tricky one!
After his wife Sarah died at 127
years old (Gen 23:1), Abraham remarried a lady
named Keturah with whom he had 6
sons (Gen 25:1-4). He would have been more than
137 years old when he married her
(Gen 17:17). Abraham was 100 years old when his
son Isaac was born (Gen 21:5). Isaac
married Rebekah when he was 40 years old. He
prayed to God on her behalf because
she was barren, but they had to wait 20 years
to have children (Gen 25:19-26). If
Rebekah had not been barren for 20 years,
Abraham would have been having
children at over 140 years old at the same time his
son Isaac was having them at 40
years old! However, there is no record saying for
sure they didn't have kids at the
same time (when Abraham was 160 years old).
Abraham was 175 years old when he
died (Gen 25:7).
Isaac was 75 years old and Ishmael
89 years old when they buried their father
Abraham (Gen 21:5)(Gen 16:15)(Gen
25:7).
In the Bible, Cain spoke directly to
God, however, Abel never did (Gen 4:6-15).
At one time, Zechariah carried 2
staffs. He named them "Beauty" and "Bonds"
(Zech 11:7).
Approximately 29 musical instruments
are mentioned in the Bible.
The king of Babylon looked at an
animals liver to determine the future
(Ezek 21:21).
As Jesus was praying in the Garden
of Gethsemane hours before His crucifixion, He
was under such extreme stress that
His sweat became like "giant drops of blood
falling to the ground" (Lk
22:44). The medical term for this is "hematidrosis."
(Only Luke, the physician, mentions
this happening to Jesus.)
There were 8 weapons used in the
Bible to fight with: Ax, Bow & Arrow, Club,
Dagger, Mace, Sling, Spear, Sword.
Three types of Arks are mentioned in
the Bible: Noah's Ark (Gen 6:14-16), Moses Ark
(a small type of basket that the infant
Moses was placed in)(Ex 2:3-6), the Ark of
the Covenant (Ex 25:10-22).
Jesus was on the cross for 6 hours
(Mk 15:25,34-37).
The only time the word
"grease" is used in the Bible is in (Ps 119:70).
The Bible says to "wait on
God" 54 times.
Men first began to "call upon
the name of the Lord" in (Gen 4:26).
How many times have you been asked,
"If you could have one wish, what would it
be?". God basically offered
this to Solomon, and Solomon asked for "an
understanding heart." This
pleased God and Solomon was given more wisdom than any
man in history (1 Kg 3:5-14).
Isn't it interesting that Pharaoh
ordered every newborn Israelite boy to be drowned
in the Nile (Ex 1:22), then many
years later Pharaoh's Egyptian army was drowned
when the Red Sea swept over them (Ex
14:26-28)?
When the Israelites crossed the Red
Sea, they did so at night, with a "pillar of
cloud" providing light for them
to see (Ex 14:19-27).
God brought the plague of locusts
upon Egypt, and also parted the Red Sea with a
strong east wind (Ex 10:19)(Ex
14:21).
The first time the word
"love" is used in the Bible is when Isaac spoke about
loving food (Gen 27:4).
The Psalms mention the heart 122
times.
Jairus' daughter was 12 years old
when Jesus brought her back to life (Lk 8:40-56).
You know that scene we often see
where Joseph and the pregnant Mary are going to
Bethlehem, and Joseph is walking
while leading a donkey on which Mary is riding?
The Bible never says Mary was riding
a donkey (she may have walked).
Have you ever noticed that dogs are
always spoken of unfavorably in the Bible? They
are compared to prostitutes (Deut
23:18), greedy men (Isa 56:10), and evil men
(Phil 3:2)(Rev 22:15). Did you know
that in Bible times, dogs were despised?
When Jesus told Nicodemus that we must
be born again (Jn 3:1-3), it was at night.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, speaks in
15 verses in the Bible (190 words). Her last
words are significant,
"Whatever He (Jesus) says to you, do it." (Jn 2:5)
The word "Christian" is
used 3 times in the Bible (Acts 11:26)(Acts 26:28)
(1 Pet 4:16).
Angels are mentioned in 34 books of
the Bible.
Jacob had 4 wives: Leah, Rachel,
Bilhah, and Zilpah (Gen 29:24-29)(Gen 30:4,9).
They had 13 children.
God had the first spoken words in
the Bible, "let there be light" (Gen 1:3).
Jesus stayed up all night praying
before choosing His 12 disciples (Lk 6:12-13).
The 1st animal sacrifice in the
Bible was a sheep (Gen 4:2-4).
The first war took place at the
Valley of Siddim (or Salt Sea) (Gen 14:2-3).
The word "faith" is used
245 times in the New Testament, but only 2 times in the
Old Testament.
There are 14 Jonathan's mentioned in
the Bible.
God's first prophecy in the Bible
was to the serpent who deceived Adam and Eve
(Gen 3:14-15).
Paul uses the word "joy"
more in Philippians than any other Epistle. It was written
while he was in prison.
Peter's father was named
"John" (or Jonas in Aramaic)(Jn 1:42)(Jn 21:15-17).
The law that Moses wrote was to be
read every 7 years during the Feast of
Tabernacles (Deut 31:9-13).
The Ethiopian eunuch that Philip
witnessed to was the Secretary Of The Treasury
for Ethiopia (Acts 8:26-40).
Acts, the longest book in the New
Testament never uses the word "love."
(Acts and 2 Peter are the only New
Testament books that don't.)
The hyssop plant was used to
sprinkle lamb's blood on the top and sides of the
doorframe during the Passover (Ex
12:22). The hyssop plant was also used when
giving Jesus a drink while He was on
the cross (Jn 19:29).
Have you ever felt like you are the
only person left who is standing for the truth?
There is a term for this: "An
Elijah Complex." Elijah felt this way and God told
him, "... I have reserved seven
thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed
to Baal, and every mouth that has
not kissed him." (see: 1 Kin 19:11-18)
Israel's first 3 kings each reigned
for 40 years: Saul (Acts 13:31), David
(1 Kin 2:11)(2 Sam 5:4-5), Solomon
(1 Kin 11:42).
The covering for the tabernacle was
made out of rams' skins dyed red, and a
covering of badgers' skins above
that (Ex 26:41)(Ex 36:19).
Deborah, the only female judge of
Israel, used to hold court under what was known
as "the palm tree of
Deborah" (Judg 4:4-5).
The commander of the army of Caanan
was killed by a woman named Jael who drove a
tent peg through his head (Judg
4:1-2,17-21).
How many of you, like me, have
always heard that when Noah sent the dove from the
Ark to see if the water had receded
from the Earth, it returned with an olive
branch in it's beak? It wasn't
actually an olive branch, but an olive leaf
(Gen 8:11).
I always thought that leprosy in the
Bible must have been very contagious since it
appeared to be everywhere, but
research tells us that about 95% of all humans are
naturally immune to it when exposed.
On Paul's voyage to Rome as a
prisoner, the ship he was on had 276 people
(Acts 27:37).
Most of us know that Eden was the
first city mentioned in the Bible (Gen 2:10).
However, the 2nd city mentioned is
Havilah, and it had gold, bdellium, and onyx.
"The gold of that land is (was)
good" (Gen 2:11-12).
When the two witnesses are slain in
the Tribulation, the people on Earth will give
gifts to each other (Rev 11:10).
Supposedly, 4090 words appear only
once in the KJV Bible (the last four are:
Zoreah, Zorites, Zuriel, and
Zuzims).
There are no "x" words in
the KJV Bible.
The spies that Moses sent into
Canaan returned with grapes, figs, and pomegranates
(Num 13:23).
Solomon spent 7 years building God's
Temple (1 Kin 6:38), but took almost twice as
long (13 years) to build his own palace
(1 Kin 7:1).
Nineveh was founded by Nimrod (Gen
10:8-11)(Noah's great-grandson: Gen 10:1-8) in
app. 2200 B.C.. About 1440 years
later (app. 760 B.C.), Jonah preached there. About
150 years after that, it was
destroyed forever in 612 B.C..
Based on (Gen 5:21-22), it appears
that Enoch may not have believed in God for
the first 65 years of his life,
until after his son Methuselah was born.
It appears that Methuselah, who
lived longer than anyone in history (969 years:
Gen 5:27), died in the year of the
flood (maybe in the flood?)(add up the numbers
of Gen 5:26-28 & Gen 7:6).
Interestingly, he outlived his son, Lamach who died
5 years prior to the flood at age
595 (see: Gen 5:28,30 & 7:6).
Demas, Paul's friend and fellow
worker in Christ (Col 4:11)(Phile 24), abandoned
him right before he was martyred,
having "loved this present world." He left for
Thessalonica (2 Tim 4:10).
Aaron was 3 years older than his
brother Moses (Ex 7:7).
It was Aaron, not Moses, who threw
down his rod before Pharaoh and it turned into a
snake (Ex 7:8-12).
It appears that Moses and Aaron died
in the same year. When they left Egypt, Moses
was 80 and Aaron was 83 (Ex 7:7).
Aaron died at the age of 123, 40 years after
leaving Egypt (Num 33:38-39). Moses
died at the age of 120 (Deut 34:7). Scholars
who have studied the dates say the
deaths were about 7 months apart.
After Jesus was arrested in the
Garden of Gethsemane, all of his disciples "forsook
Him and fled" (Mt 26:56)(Mk
14:50). John and Peter returned (Jn 18:15-16), but
Peter denied Him (Mt 26:69-75)(Mk
14:66-72). Only John was there at Jesus'
crucifixion (Jn 19:26-27).
Sheep are mentioned more than any
other animal in the Bible: 187 times.
The flask of oil that Mary poured
upon Jesus (Mt 26:6-13)(Mk 14:3-9)(Jn 12:1-6) was
worth 300 denarii (Mk 14:5). One
denarius was equal to a day's wages, so 300 was
equal to a year's wages (no money
earned on the Sabbath).
Satan is mentioned 18 times in the
Old Testament, but he is never called the devil
until the New Testament.
Paul performed the last recorded
miracles in the Bible (Acts 28:7-9).
The Father spoke to Jesus audibly 3
times: at His baptism (Mt 3:17)(Lk 3:22), at
the Transfiguration (Mt 17:5)(Mk
9:7)(Lk 9:35), and just before Jesus went to the
cross (Jn 12:28).
Jesus healed 10 men who had leprosy,
but only one returned to thank Him
(Lk 17:12-19).
It is often said that Mary Magdalene
was a prostitute, but nowhere does the Bible
say this. (Some believe this idea
may have come from the Jewish Talmud, which said
the city of Magdala had a reputation
for prostitution.)
Of the 55 verses in Malachi, 47 are
God speaking. This is the highest percentage
of any Old Testament prophetic book.
Moses had 2 sons: Gershom (Ex
2:21-22) and Eliezer (Ex 18:3-4).
At least one idol was kept in David
and Michal's house (1 Sam 19:12-13,16).
According to Jewish tradition,
Isaiah was killed during the reign of the evil
Manasseh, when he was put into a
hollow log and sawn in half. (see: Heb 11:37)
Under Roman law, a Roman citizen could
not be flogged or crucified. Paul was a
Roman citizen, so he could not
legally be flogged (Acts 16:37-38)(Acts 22:24-29).
Tradition says he was martyred by
beheading in 67 A.D. on the Ostian Way.
Our word "excruciating"
comes from the Latin word "cruciare" meaning "to
crucify."
Only two people were embalmed in the
Bible: Jacob (Gen 50:1-2) and Joseph
(Gen 50:26).
The time between when Joseph was
sold into slavery and he saw his brothers again
was just over 20 years (Gen
37:2)(Gen 41:46,53-54)(Gen 42:3).
When we use the word
"but," it is usually in a negative sense. However, when the
Bible uses "but," it is
often in a positive way. See: (Gen 50:20)(Mt 6:33)
(Ps 73:26)(Rom 5:8)(Rom 6:23).
(Several studies have been written
on this called "Great But's In The Bible.") 
2nd Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 are
almost identical.
The sign above Jesus on the cross
was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin
(Lk 23:38)(Jn 19:20).
Joseph wept 7 times (Gen 42:24)(Gen
43:30)(Gen 45:2,14-15)(Gen 46:29)(Gen 50:1,17).
The time period between Jesus
resurrection and ascension was 40 days (Acts 1:3).
Paul uses the word "grace"
within the first 5 verses of each book he wrote.
Paul also gives "thanks"
in the 1st chapter of 11 of his 13 books.
Judah gave his first son (Er) to
marry Tamar. God killed him for being wicked. Then
Judah gave his second son (Onan) to
marry Tamar. God killed him too for being
wicked. Judah would not give his
third son to marry Tamar, but later unknowingly
had sex with her, thinking she was a
prostitute. She bore him twins. (Gen 38:6-26).
God miraculously caused the sun to
stand still in the sky, providing light for 24
hours straight (Josh 10:12-14).
As a sign to Hezekiah, God caused
the sun's shadow on a sundial to go back ten
degrees (Isa 38:7-8).
In response to King Belshazzar's
contempt for the holy things of God, God sent a
"hand" which wrote a
message on the wall. The King was terrified. Daniel told him
the message said he would die. He
was killed that night. (Daniel 5)
(I always get a picture of
"Thing" from the Addams family. Creepy!)
Moses was not allowed into the
Promised Land because he disobeyed God (Num 20:2-13)
(Deut 34:4), but many scholars
believe that when he appeared with Jesus on the
Mount Of Transfiguration (Mt
17:1-9)(Mk 9:2-8), that the mountain was in the
Promised Land.
As far as I can find, there are 8
people in the Bible with 2 letter names: Ir -
(1 Chr 7:12), Og - (Num 21:33), On -
(Num 16:1), So - (2 Kin 17:4), and four men
named Uz - (Gen 10:23)(Gen
22:21)(Gen 36:28)(1 Chr 1:17).
There are also 7 cities with 2
letter names: Ai - (2 cities named Ai) (Gen 12:8)
(Jer 49:3), Ar - (Num 21:15), No -
(Ezek 30:15), On - (Gen 41:45,50), Ur -
(Gen 11:28,31), Uz - (Job 1:1).
In (Ps 72:6) it mentions grass that
has been mowed.
The well called "Jacob's
Well" (Jn 4:6), where Jesus spoke to the Samaritan woman
(Jn 4:1-26) was, according to
tradition, built by Jacob centuries earlier (possibly
after he bought that land in Gen
33:18-19). That well can still be seen today in
the Palestinian village of Tell
Balata!
In (2 Sam 12:1-14), the prophet
Nathan confronted David about his sin of adultery
with Bathsheba and the murder of her
husband by telling him a parable. After
hearing the parable, David became
angry and said the man in it should die, and make
restitution "fourfold." It
turned out David was the man in the parable, and the
"fourfold" restitution he
"prophesied" about himself sadly came true. For the one
man he had killed (Bathsheba's
husband), he later had 4 sons die: (2 Sam 12:15-19)
(2 Sam 13:28-33)(2 Sam 18:14-15)(1
Kin 2:23-25).
Jesus used "fish" to
perform a miracle 4 times in His earthly ministry:
1. Feeding 5000: (Mt 14:15-21)(Mk
6:35-44)(Lk 9:12-17)(Jn 6:1-13)
2. When a coin appeared in the mouth
of a fish to pay taxes: (Mt 17:27)
3. When Jesus told Simon Peter to
let down his nets again, then they were filled
with fish: (Lk 5:4-11)
4. When Jesus told the disciples who
were fishing to cast their net on the right
side of the boat, and it was filled with fish: (Jn 21:4-11)
First promise in the Bible: (Gen 2:17) "But of the tree
of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
shalt surely die."
Last promise in the Bible: (Rev 22:20) "He which testifieth
these things
saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
The book of John contains no
parables.
The only time in the synoptic
Gospels (Mt, Mk, Lk) where John the disciple spoke is
in (Mk 9:38) "And John answered
him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name, and he followeth not
us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not
us." (Also see: Lk 9:49)
42 youth were mauled by 2 female
bears because they made fun of Elisha's bald head
(2 Kin 2:23-24).
Remember to show hospitality to
strangers because you might be helping an angel
(Heb 13:2).
While the Israelites were in the
desert for 40 years, God kept their clothes and
sandals from wearing out (Deut
29:5).
King Saul was very tall (1 Sam
9:2)(1 Sam 10:23).
God told Isaiah to walk around naked
for 3 years (Isa 20:1-4).
Here is something to think about:
the same Greek word "martus" is used for a
"martyr" or a
"witness."
Noah built the first altar in the
Bible (Gen 8:20).
Abraham built more altars than anyone
in the Bible (Gen 12:7)(Gen 12:8)(Gen 13:18)
(Gen 22:9-14).
God caused Aaron's rod to bud and
produce almonds (Num 17:8).
A man who was a newlywed was exempt
from military service for a year (Deut 24:5).
You could hire a professional
mourner (Jer 9:17-18).
Jesus was crucified at a place
called "Golgotha" which meant "Place Of A Skull"
(Mt 27:33)(Mk 15:22)(Jn 19:17).
Lydia was the first Christian
convert in Europe (Acts 16:14-15).
Goliath was about 9'9" tall (1
Sam 17:4).
The Hebrew Bible actually has 24
books, not 39. 1&2 Samuel, Kings, Chronicles are
each counted as one book, not two.
Ezra and Nehemiah are combined. The 12 books of
the minor prophets are all one book
called "The Book Of The Twelve."
Jabal was the father of those who
lived in tents and raised livestock (Gen 4:20).
Most of us know that Cain was the
first to kill a person in the Bible when he
killed his brother (Gen 4:9), but
did you know that Lamach is the 2nd person said
to have killed someone (Gen 4:23)?
He later had a son named Noah (Gen 5:28-29).
The Philistines, who we hear about
constantly in the Old Testament, started with a
man named Casluhim (Gen 10:14).
There was a well known terebinth
tree in Moreh at Shechem (Gen 12:6).
It was detestable for an Egyptian to
eat with a Hebrew (Gen 43:32).
As Joseph sent his brothers out of
Egypt back to their father, he said to them,
"Do not quarrel on the
journey" (Gen 45:24).
Psalm 136 says of God, "For His
mercy endureth for ever" 26 times!
The Israelites brought so many
offerings to construct the Tabernacle that Moses had
to tell them to stop giving (Ex
36:2-7).
The weight of the offerings used to
construct the Tabernacle were: just over one
ton of gold, three and three quarter
tons of silver, two and a half tons of bronze
(Ex 38:24-25,29).
As part of purifying themselves, the
Levites had to shave their whole body
(Num 8:6-7).
When moving the Ark Of The Covenant,
it was to be covered with 3 coverings
(Num 4:5-6).
Moses was the most meek (humble) man
on the face of the Earth (Num 12:3).
Moses changed Hoshea's name to
Joshua (Num 13:16).
The Levites had to tithe on the
tithes that were given to them (Num 18:25).
Nobah captured a city and then named
it after himself (Num 32:42).
God commanded Moses to record the
stages of the Israelites journey after leaving
Egypt (Num 33:1-2).
Elim had 12 springs and 70 palm
trees (Num 33:9)(Ex 15:27).
The Israelites could not light a
fire on the sabbath (Ex 35:3).
Any grain offering made to the Lord
had to have salt on it (Lev 2:13).
When the Israelites entered the
Promised Land and planted a fruit tree, they were
forbidden to eat its fruit for 5
years (Lev 19:23-25).
A mother and its offspring were not
to be sacrificed on the same day (Lev 22:28).
God said that when a new house was
built, it must have a parapet for the roof to
prevent anyone from falling off, and
bringing bloodguilt on the house (Deut 22:8).
Each time (but one) the word
"bad" is used in the Bible, it is contrasted with the
word "good" in the same
sentence.
Technically, the word
"Sabbath" means "STOP" in both Hebrew and Greek.
When Moses lead the Israelites out
of Egypt, he took the body ("bones") of Joseph
with him (Ex 13:19). (Joseph had
made this request about 360 years earlier when he
prophesied that God would lead the
Israelites out of Egypt [Gen 50:24-26].) They
later buried his bones in Shechem
(Josh 24:32).
Many scholars believe that the
average life expectancy during Jesus' time on Earth
was about 30-40 years. (Low in part
because so many infants and children died.)
Did you ever notice that Adam and
Cain both received the same punishment for their
sin: banishment (Gen 3:23-24)(Gen
4:11-16).
When David defeated Goliath, the
champion of the Philistines, he cut off his head
and put his armor in his tent (1 Sam
17:51,54). Later, when the Philistines
defeated Israel and their king
(champion) Saul, they cut off his head and put his
armor in their temple (1 Sam
31:9-10).
The Hebrew words used for
Tabernacle, "ohel" and "mishkan," simply mean
"tent."
Before Jeroboam became the king of
Israel, he was King Solomon's servant
(1 Kin 11:26).
From my count, there is a command
"to sing" in 37 verses in the Bible.
(Zeph 3:17) says God sings.
Jesus "sat down" before
preaching His "Sermon On The Mount" (Mt 5:1-2).
For a brief moment, Moses had
leprosy (Ex 4:6-7).
Two men in the Old Testament were
known for their hair: Samson and Absalom.
Interestingly, their hair later lead
to their downfall (Judg 16)(2 Sam 18:9-15).
(Isa 53:9) prophesied that Jesus
would be buried in a rich man's tomb. This was
fulfilled hundreds of years later
(Mt 27:57-60)(Mk 15:42-46).
In the synoptic Gospels, Jesus only
called His disciples "disciples" one time: when
He gave them directions for
preparing for the Last Supper (Mt 26:18)(Mk 14:14)
(Lk 22:11).
Eli, the High Priest, died when he
fell backwards off his chair and broke his neck
after hearing bad news (1 Sam
4:17-18).
After the Philistines defeated the
Israelites in battle, they took the Ark of God.
Because of this, God struck the Philistines
with "tumors." Putting together several
verses, it appears this was a
disease (possibly bubonic plague) caused by God
sending swarms of rats (1 Sam
5:6-12)(1 Sam 6:4-5,11).
Laban was Rebekah's brother (Gen
24:29). Rebekah became Issac's wife (Gen 24:66).
Issac and Rebekah's son Jacob later
married Laban's two daughters Leah and Rachel
(Gen 29:15-30).
In all of the Bible, there is not
one place that shows a conversation between Adam
and Eve.
A FEW OTHER INTERESTING NON BIBLE FACTS:
The 39 Psalms we don't know the
authors of are called "orphan" Psalms.
Tradition says James was called
"Old Camel Knees" because he spent so much time
on his knees in prayer.
The biggest church in the world at
this time is in Seoul, South Korea. It has
approximately 800,000 members!
There are approximately 350,000
churches in the Unites States.
A funny line I heard: "Want to
make God laugh?" "Tell Him you have a plan."
The Jordan River flows into the Sea
of Galilee which flows into the Dead Sea.
It should be noted that the Dead Sea
is the lowest place on the surface of the
Earth. Because of its high content
of salt, it has no fish, and it is impossible
to sink in it.
Dalmatia (2 Tim 4:10) was a city
that was part of the Roman Empire located near
Macedonia. Some logically believe
this is where Dalmatian dogs originated.
"Goodbye" is actually a
contraction of the phrase "God be with ye."
It is reported that 20% of the
people give 80% of the money in churches.
Neither John Wesley, nor John
Calvin, nor Charles Spurgeon allowed musical
instruments to be used during
worship in their churches.
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