Amazing Bible Facts

The Bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 BC to about 100 years after Christ. These men wrote this Scripture as they were given inspiration by God. (2 Timothy 3:16) The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in 1388. The Bible has since been translated in part or in whole into over 1200 languages and dialects. 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. The entire Bible divided into chapters and verses first appeared in the Geneva Bible of 1560. Today The Bible is the largest seller of all books published.

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

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.)

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 . . . Comfort Confession . . . Consecration Constancy . . . Contrast Converts Deliverance Divinity Duty Faith Flood Friendship . . . Fruit Gifts Giving Gideon's Band Good Shepherd Heaven Holy Spirit Humility Instruction Intercession Joy Jubilee Judgement . . . Law Life, Frailty of Love Messiah Ministers Missions New Covenant Old Age Omniscience Overcomers . . . Passover Praise Prayer Prosperity of the Prosperity of the Providence . . . Refuge Regeneration Rest Resurrection Revival Safety Service Shepherd Soldier's Teacher's Temperance . . . Tithing Tongue Transfiguration Unity Vanity

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2 Corinthians 4 . . . . Psalm 23 . Psalm 51 . . . . Philippians 3 . Ruth 1 . . . . Deuteronomy 28 . . . . Psalm 32 . . . . Acts 12 . . . . John 1 . . . . Romans 12 . . . . Hebrews 11 . . . . Genesis 7 . 1 Samuel 20 . . . . John 15 . . . . 1 Corinthians 12 . . . . 2 Corinthians 9 . . . . Judges 7 . . . . John 10 . . . . John 14, Revelation 7, 22 . . . . John 14, 15 . . . . John 13 . . . . Proverbs 1 . . . . John 17 . . . . Isaiah 12 . . . . Leviticus 25 . Matthew 25 . . . . Exodus 20 . . . . Psalm 90 . . . . 1 Corinthians 13 . . . . Isaiah 53 . . . . 1 Corinthians 4 . . . . Psalm 72, Romans 10 . . . . Hebrews 8 . . . . Ecclesiastes 12 . . . . Psalm 139 . Revelation 2, 3 . . . . Exodus 12 . . . . Psalms 103 & 145 . . . . Daniel 6, Luke 11, 18 Wicked . . . . Psalm 73 Righteous . . . . Deuteronomy 8, 28 . Psalm 121 . . . . Numbers 35 . . . . John 3 . . . . Hebrews 4 . . . . 1 Corinthians 15 . . . . 2 Chronicles 30, Luke 3 . . . . Psalm 91 . . . . Luke 10 . . . . John 10 . . . . Ephesians 6 . . . . 1 Corinthians 2 . Proverbs 23 . . . . Malachi 3 . . . . James 3 . . . . Matthew 17 . . . . Ephesians 4 . . . . 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

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

In the whole Bible In the Old Testament In the New Testament

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c. 773,692 words c. 592,439 words 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 Reverend Grandmother Gnat . . .

. . . . Isaiah 57:15 . . . . Psalm 111:9 . . . . 2 Timothy 1:5 . Matthew 23:24

Man who lived to be 969 years old

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Sons of God married the daughters of men Man who used a stone for a pillow

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Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before birth

Genesis 28:11

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Exodus17:11

Numbers 22:28-29

Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in. long by 6ft. wide The women who had to shave their heads before marriage 21:11-13

Genesis 6:2

. . . . Genesis 38:28-29

Battle won because manstretched out his hand Man who was spoken to by an ass

Genesis 5:27

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Deuteronomy 3:11

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Women forbidden to wear men's clothing

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Deuteronomy 22:5

Sun and moon stood still for a whole day

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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 hundred left-handed men Man whose hair weighed about 6.5lbs. at his annual haircut Where a ferry boat was used Man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes Man who had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines The soaking wet sacrifice that burnt supernaturally Man who outran a chariot The axe head that floated

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Judges 20:16

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2 Samuel 14:26

2 Samuel 19:18

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1 Kings 11:1-3 1 Kings 18:17-40

. . . . 1 Kings 18:41-46

in the river 6

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2 Kings 6:1-

Woman who boiled and ate her son

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2 Kings 6:29

Man killed in his chariot

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2 Kings 9:24

Woman whose body was eaten by dogs

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2 Kings 9:30-36

Father who had eighty-eight children 11:21

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The sun travelled backwards

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2 Chronicles

Isaiah 38:8

Man who walked naked for three years

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Isaiah 20:2-3

Army of 185,000 destroyed in one night

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Isaiah 37:36

Man whose life was increased by fifteen years because he prayed The Bible that was cut with a penknife

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Isaiah 38:1-5 . . . .

Jeremiah 36:20-23

Valley full of dry bones prophesied to be resurrected

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Ezekiel 37:1-14

A Harlot an ancestor of Christ

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Matthew 1:5

Man ate locusts for food

. . . . Matthew 3:4