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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.

T he 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.

T he 5 Poetical Books are: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon,

T he 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.

T he 4 Gospels are: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,

T he 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. T he Bible contains 1189 chapters:

T he Old T estament has 929 chapters.

The New T estament 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)



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Over 40 generations

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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GOLDEN CHAPTERS AND THEIR THEMES

ASCENSION . . . . ACTS 1

Backsliders . . . . Hosea 14

Beatitudes . . . . Matthew 5,6,7

Bread of Lif e . . . . John 6

Brotherhood . . . . Romans 14

Builders . . . . Nehemiah 4

Burden-Bearers . . . . Galatians 6

Call, Universal . . . . Isaiah 55

Chastening . . . . 2 Corinthians 4

Comfort . . . . Psalm 23

Conf ession . . . . 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

Gif ts . . . . 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



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Judgement . . . . Matthew 25

Law . . . . Exodus 20

Lif e, 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 R ighteous . . . . Deuteronomy 8, 28

Providence . . . . Psalm 121

R ef uge . . . . Numbers 35

R egeneration . . . . John 3

R est . . . . Hebrews 4

R esurrection . . . . 1 Corinthians 15

R evival . . . . 2 Chronicles 30, Luke 3



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Saf ety . . . . Psalm 91

Service . . . . Luke 10

Shepherd . . . . John 10

Soldier's . . . . Ephesians 6

Teacher's . . . . 1 Corinthians 2

Temperance . . . . Proverbs 23

Tithing . . . . Malachi 3

Tongue . . . . James 3

Transf iguration . . . . Matthew 17

Unity . . . . Ephesians 4

Vanity . . . . Ecclesiastes 4

Watchman's . . . . Ezekiel 33

Water of Lif e . . . . John 4

Wisdom . . . . Proverbs 3

Woman's . . . . Proverbs 31

Word of God . . . . Deuteronomy 6

Worship . . . . Psalm 84



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VER SES OF TH E 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

of the alphabet except 'J'

. . . . Ezra 7:21

Verse containing all the letters

of the alphabet except 'Q'

. . . . Daniel 4:37





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UNUSUAL THINGS IN TH E BIBLE

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

Sons of God married thedaughters of men

. . . . Genesis 6:2

Man who used a stone for a pillow . . . . Genesis 28:11

Baby had a scarlet thread tied

around its hand before birth

. . . . Genesis 38:28-29

Battle won because man stretched

out his hand

. . . . Exodus17:11

Man who was spoken to by an ass . . . . Numbers 22:28-29

Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in.long by 6ft. wide

. . . . Deuteronomy 3:11

The women who had to shave their heads before marriage

. . . . Deuteronomy 21:11-13

Women forbidden to wear

men's clothing

. . . . Deuteronomy 22:5

Sun and moon stood stillfor a whole day

. . . . Joshua 10:13

A woman killed a man by driving

a nail through his head

. . . . Judges 4:17-21

Men lapped water like dogs . . . . Judges 7:5

An army with seven hundredleft-handed men

. . . . Judges 20:16



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Man whose hair weighed about

6.5lbs. at his annual haircut

. . . . 2 Samuel 14:26

Where a ferry boat was used . . . . 2 Samuel 19:18

Man who had twelve fingersand twelve toes

. . . . 2 Samuel 21:20

Man who had seven hundred wives

and three hundred concubines

. . . . 1 Kings 11:1-3

The soaking wet sacrifice that

burnt supernaturally

. . . . 1 Kings 18:17-40

M

an who outran a chariot

. . . . 1 Kings 18:41-46

The axe head that floatedin the river

. . . . 2 Kings 6:1-6

Woman who boiled

and ate her son

. . . . 2 Kings 6:29

Man killed in his chariot . . . . 2 Kings 9:24

Woman whose body waseaten by dogs

. . . . 2 Kings 9:30-36

Father who had eighty-eightchildren

. . . . 2 Chronicles

11:21

The sun travelled backwards . . . . Isaiah 38:8

Man who walked naked

for three years

. . . . Isaiah 20:2-3

Army of 185,000 destroyed

in one night

. . . . Isaiah 37:36

Man whose life was increased by

fifteen years because he prayed

. . . . Isaiah 38:1-5



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The Bible that was cut

with a penknife

. . . . Jeremiah 36:20-23

Valley full of dry bonesprophesied to be resurrected

. . . . Ezekiel 37:1-14

A Harlot an ancestor of Christ . . . . Matthew 1:5

Man ate locusts for food . . . . Matthew 3:4



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