BIBLICAL FACTS

MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE LAID BARE TO THE SIMPLE

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 The World’s Best seller Book for many years, the Bible, holds loads of secrets for
its earnest reader. These secrets are most often surrounded by mysteries that most of
Its readers don’t care to find out. This is the Purpose of this article, to expose how
much you don’t know about the Bible, so, enjoy knowing that you don’t know the
Bible as you read this article.

Note: This article has been written based on researches made over the internet, and thus, contains
several contents from research websites. Each sourced website is written at the last page of this
article.

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 INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE

1. The Old Testament has 17 Historical, 5 Poetical, and 17 Prophetic books in it.

 The 17 Historical Books are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth,
1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
 The 5 Poetical Books are: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon,

 The 17 Prophetic Books are: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

2.The New Testament has 4 Gospels, Acts, 21 Epistles, and Revelation in it.
 The 4 Gospels are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

 The 21 Epistles are: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1
Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1
John, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude.

3.The Bible contains 1189 chapters:

 The Old Testament has 929 chapters.

 The New Testament has 260 chapters.

 The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119,

 The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 117.

 The longest verse is Esther 8:9.

 The shortest verse is John 11:35.

4.The Bible was written:

 Over a 1500 year span (from 1400 B.C to A.D. 100)

 Over 40 generations

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  Over 40 authors from many walks of life (i.e. - kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets,
statesmen, scholars)
 In different places (i.e. - wilderness, dungeon, palaces)

 At different times (i.e. - war, peace)

 In different moods (i.e. - heights of joy, depths of despair)

 On three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)

 In three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek)

5. The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in
1388.

6. The Bible has since been translated in part or in whole into over 1200 languages and dialects.

7. The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton in 1228. The Old Testament was divided into verses
by R. Nathan in 1488 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in 1551.

8. The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560.

9. Today, the Bible, is the largest seller of all books published.

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 IMPORTANT FACTS OF THE BIBLE

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE:

Books of the Bible .... 66

The Old Testament .... 39

The New Testament .... 27

Middle Book of Old Testament .... Proverbs

Middle Book of New Testament .... 2 Thessalonians

Longest Book of Old Testament .... Psalms

Longest Book of New Testament .... Luke

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CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE

Entire Bible . . . . 1189 chapters

Old Testament . . . . 929 chapters

New Testament . . . . 260 chapters

Middle chapter of Old Testament . . . . Job 29

Middle chapter of New Testament . . . . Romans 13

Middle & shortest chapter of The Bible . . . . Psalm 117

Longest chapter in The Bible . . . . Psalm 119

Chapters that are alike . . . . 2 Kings 19 & Isaiah 37

     

Between chapters 6 & 7 of Ezra, both Confucius and Buddha died (516-458 B.C.)

GOLDEN CHAPTERS AND THEIR THEMES

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 ASCENSION .... ACTS 1
Backsliders .... Hosea 14
Beatitudes .... Matthew 5,6,7
Bread of Life .... John 6
Brotherhood .... Romans 14
Builders .... Nehemiah 4
Burden-Bearers .... Galatians 6
Call, Universal .... Isaiah 55
Chastening .... 2 Corinthians 4
Comfort .... Psalm 23
Confession .... Psalm 51
Consecration .... Philippians 3
Constancy .... Ruth 1
Contrast .... Deuteronomy 28
Converts .... Psalm 32
Deliverance .... Acts 12
Divinity .... John 1
Duty .... Romans 12
Faith .... Hebrews 11
Flood .... Genesis 7
Friendship .... 1 Samuel 20
Fruit .... John 15
Gifts .... 1 Corinthians 12
Giving .... 2 Corinthians 9
Gideon's Band .... Judges 7
Good Shepherd .... John 10
Heaven .... John 14, Revelation 7, 22
Holy Spirit .... John 14, 15
Humility .... John 13
Instruction .... Proverbs 1
Intercession .... John 17
Joy .... Isaiah 12
Jubilee .... Leviticus 25
Judgement .... Matthew 25
Law .... Exodus 20

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 Life, Frailty of . . . . Psalm 90

Love . . . . 1 Corinthians 13
Messiah . . . . Isaiah 53
Ministers . . . . 1 Corinthians 4
Missions . . . . Psalm 72, Romans 10
New Covenant . . . . Hebrews 8
Old Age . . . . Ecclesiastes 12
Omniscience . . . . Psalms 139
Overcomers . . . . Revelation 2, 3
Passover . . . . Exodus 12
Praise . . . . Psalms 103 & 145
Prayer . . . . Daniel 6, Luke 11, 18
Prosperity of the Wicked . . . . Psalm 73
Prosperity of the Righteous . . . . Deuteronomy 8, 28
Providence . . . . Psalm 121
Refuge . . . . Numbers 35
Regeneration . . . . John 3
Rest . . . . Hebrews 4
Resurrection . . . . 1 Corinthians 15
Revival . . . . 2 Chronicles 30, Luke 3
Safety . . . . Psalm 91

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 Service . . . . Luke 10
Shepherd . . . . John 10
Soldier's . . . . Ephesians 6
Teacher's . . . . 1 Corinthians 2
Temperance . . . . Proverbs 23
Tithing . . . . Malachi 3
Tongue . . . . James 3
Transfiguration . . . . Matthew 17
Unity . . . . Ephesians 4
Vanity . . . . Ecclesiastes 4
Watchman's . . . . Ezekiel 33
Water of Life . . . . John 4
Wisdom . . . . Proverbs 3
Woman's . . . . Proverbs 31
Word of God . . . . Deuteronomy 6
Worship . . . . Psalm 84

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VERSES OF THE BIBLE

Entire Bible . . . . 31,173 verses

Old Testament . . . . 23,214 verses

New Testament . . . . 7,959 verses

Middle verse of The Bible . . . . Psalm 118:8

Middle verse of Old Testament . . . . 2 Chronicles 20:17

Middle verse of New Testament . . . . Acts 17:17

Shortest verse in The Bible . . . . John 11:35

Longest verse in The Bible . . . . Esther 8:9

Verses that are alike . . . . Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 & 31

     

Verse containing all the letters . . . . Ezra 7:21

of the alphabet except 'J'
     

Verse containing all the letters . . . . Daniel 4:37

of the alphabet except 'Q'

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WORDS OF THE BIBLE:

In the whole Bible . . . . c. 773,692 words

In the Old Testament . . . . c. 592,439 words

In the New Testament . . . . c. 181,253 words

The longest word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz"

(18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.

Several of the words occurring only once in the Bible:

Eternity . . . . Isaiah 57:15

Reverend . . . . Psalm 111:9

Grandmother . . . . 2 Timothy 1:5

Gnat . . . . Matthew 23:24

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UNUSUAL THINGS IN THE BIBLE

Man who lived to be 969 years old .... Genesis 5:27

     
Sons of God married the . . . . Genesis 6:2
daughters of men
     
Man who used a stone for a pillow . . . . Genesis 28:11
     
Baby had a scarlet thread tied . . . . Genesis 38:28-29
around its hand before birth
     
Battle won because man stretched . . . . Exodus17:11
out his hand
     
Man who was spoken to by an ass . . . . Numbers 22:28-29
     
Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in. . . . . Deuteronomy 3:11
long by 6ft. wide
     
The women who had to shave their . . . . Deuteronomy
heads before marriage 21:11-13
     
Women forbidden to wear . . . . Deuteronomy 22:5
men's clothing
     
Sun and moon stood still . . . . Joshua 10:13
for a whole day
     
A woman killed a man by driving . . . . Judges 4:17-21
a nail through his head
     
Men lapped water like dogs . . . . Judges 7:5
     
An army with seven hundred . . . . Judges 20:16
left-handed men
     

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 Man whose hair weighed about . . . . 2 Samuel 14:26
6.5lbs. at his annual haircut
     
Where a ferry boat was used . . . . 2 Samuel 19:18
     
Man who had twelve fingers . . . . 2 Samuel 21:20
and twelve toes
     
Man who had seven hundred wives . . . . 1 Kings 11:1-3
and three hundred concubines
     
The soaking wet sacrifice that . . . . 1 Kings 18:17-40
burnt supernaturally
     
Man who outran a chariot . . . . 1 Kings 18:41-46
     
The axe head that floated . . . . 2 Kings 6:1-6
in the river
     
Woman who boiled . . . . 2 Kings 6:29
and ate her son
     
Man killed in his chariot . . . . 2 Kings 9:24
     
Woman whose body was . . . . 2 Kings 9:30-36
eaten by dogs
     
Father who had eighty-eight . . . . 2 Chronicles
children 11:21
     
The sun travelled backwards . . . . Isaiah 38:8
     
Man who walked naked . . . . Isaiah 20:2-3
for three years
     
Army of 185,000 destroyed . . . . Isaiah 37:36
in one night
     
Man whose life was increased by . . . . Isaiah 38:1-5
fifteen years because he prayed
     

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 The Bible that was cut . . . . Jeremiah 36:20-23
with a penknife
     
Valley full of dry bones . . . . Ezekiel 37:1-14
prophesied to be resurrected
     
A Harlot an ancestor of Christ . . . . Matthew 1:5
     
Man ate locusts for food . . . . Matthew 3:4

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 SOURCED WEBSITES
1. Read more at
http://www.whatsaiththescripture.com/The.Holy.Bible/Interesting.and.Un
usual.html
2. Read more at: http://www.allaboutgod.com/bible-facts.htm

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