Bible Facts

1. The oldest surviving complete copy of Isaiah was found in cave 1 at Qumran near the dead sea.

2. In the 1st century A.D there were attempts to ban the book of Ezekiel from public use partly because of the unsavory contents of chapter 16.

3. Daniel 2:4 to 7:28 is written in Aramaic, but the rest of the book is written in Hebrew.

4. Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings are sometimes known as the "former prophets"

5. In Judges 7th chapter, a Midianite soldier interprets the dream of his friend and fellow soldier. It is the only one occasion in the Bible where the correct interpretation of a dream is given by a non-Israelite.

6. Although the prophet Amos lived in the kingdom of Judah he preached to the northern  kingdom of Israel.

7. The first instance of Jesus reading a passage of th OT (old testament) is recorded in Luke 4:17 where he is reading from Isaiah 61:1-2

8. The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.

9. The number of verses in the Bible (KJV) contain all but 1 letter of the alphabet: 
Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j;
Joshua 7:24, I Kings 1:9,  I Chronicles 12:40, II Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37 and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q;
II Kings 16:15 and I chronicles 4:10 contain all but x; and
Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.

10. Testament means "covenant" or "contract".

11. God spoke to Joseph (the father of Jesus) 4 times through dreams.

12. Philip's 4 unnamed daughters were all prophetesses.
(Acts 21:9)

13. Matthew's gospel refers to the old testament prophet Jeremiah on 3 occasions.
(Mat 2:17, 6:14, 27:9)

14. II Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 are alike.

15. Psalm 107:8, 15, 21, 31 are all alike.

16. John Wycliffe and John Purvey translated the Bible into English in 1388.

17. Stephen Langton divided the Bible into chapters in 1228.

18. R. Nathan divided the Old testament into verses in 1448 and Robert Stephanus divided the New Testament in 1551.

19. The longest word is Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1).

20. The shortest chapter (and the exact middle) of the Bible is Psalm 117.

21. King Solomon's daily provisions were 30 cors (6.6 kiloliters) of fine flour & 60 cors (13.2 kiloliters) of meal, 10 head of stall-fed cattle, 20 of pasture-fed cattle & 100 sheep and goats as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks & choice fowl.

King Solomon

22. One of the greatest groupings of miracles in the Bible are the 21 miracles associated with Elijah & Elisha. They witnessed to God's power as the Israelites were called back to the LORD, the true God.

23. Jesus performed his miracles in a different way from anybody else. Prophets healed in the name of God. Jesus healed with the same authority that he forgave the sins.

24. A man had a bed 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide.

(Deuteronomy 3:11)

25. A woman killed a man by driving a nail throught his head.

(Judges 4:17-21)

26. A man's hair weighed 6 1/4 lbs. when it was cut annually.

(2 Samuel 14:26)

27. A man walked naked for three years.

(Isaiah 20:2-3)

28. Dead, dry bones were brought to life.

(Ezekiel 37)

29. Air has weight (Job 28:25)

30. Earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22)

31. We cannot live in any other planet (Obadiah 1:4)

32. The inner core of  the earth consists of fire (Job 28:5)

33. Each stars differs from one another, although it looks alike from earth

(I Corinthians 15:41)

34. Suspension of earth in space (Job 26:7)

35. Formation of rain called the process of hydrology (Job 36:27-29)