Interesting Facts About the Bible
Verses:
Books of the Bible
66
Entire Bible
31,173 verses
The Old Testament
39
Old Testament
23,214 verses
The New Testament
27
New Testament
7,959 verses
Middle Book of Old Testament
Middle verse of The Bible
Middle Book of New Testament
Middle verse of Old Testament
Longest Book of Old Testament
Middle verse of New Testament
Acts 17:17
Longest Book of New Testament
Shortest verse in The Bible
John 11:35
Longest verse in The Bible
Esther 8:9
Chapters:
Verses that are alike
Psalm 107:8, 15, 21 & 31
Entire Bible
1189 chapters
Verse containing all letters of alphabet except 'J'
Ezra 7:21
Old Testament
929 chapters
Verse containing all the letters of the alphabet except 'Q'
Daniel 4:37
New Testament
260 chapters
Middle chapter of Old Testament
Several of the words occurring only once in the Bible:
Middle chapter of New Testament
Eternity
Isaiah 57:15
Middle & shortest chapter of The Bible
Reverend
Longest chapter in The Bible
Grandmother
Chapters that are alike
Gnat
Matthew 23:24
Ascension
Backsliders
Unusual Facts:
Beatitudes
Man who lived to be 969 years old
Genesis 5:27
Bread of Life
Sons of God married the daughters of men
Brotherhood
Man who used a stone for a pillow
Genesis 28:11
Builders
Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before birth
Genesis 38:28-29
Burden-Bearers
Battle won because man stretched out his hand
Exodus17:11
Call, Universal
Man who was spoken to by an ass
Numbers 22:28-29
Chastening
Giant who had a bed 13ft. 6 in. long by 6ft. wide
Comfort
The women who had to shave their heads before marriage
Deuteronomy 21:11-13
Confession
Women forbidden to wear men's clothing
Consecration
Sun and moon stood still for a whole day
Joshua 10:13
Constancy
A woman killed a man by driving a nail through his head
Judges 4:17-21
Contrast
Men lapped water like dogs
Judges 7:5
Converts
An army with seven hundred left-handed men
Judges 20:16
Deliverance
Man whose hair weighed about 6.5lbs. at his annual haircut
2 Samuel 14:26
Divinity
Where a ferry boat was used
2 Samuel 19:18
Duty
Man who had twelve fingers and twelve toes
2 Samuel 21:20
Faith
Man who had 700 wives and 300 concubines
1 Kings 11:1-3
Flood
The soaking wet sacrifice that burnt supernaturally
1 Kings 18:17-40
Friendship
Man who outran a chariot
1 Kings 18:41-46
Fruit
The axe head that floated in the river
2 Kings 6:1-6
Gifts
Woman who boiled and ate her son
2 Kings 6:29
Giving
Man killed in his chariot
2 Kings 9:24
Gideon's Band
Woman whose body was eaten by dogs
2 Kings 9:30-36
Good Shepherd
Father who had eighty-eight children
Heaven
The sun travelled backwards
Holy Spirit
Man who walked naked for three years
Isaiah 20:2-3
Humility
Army of 185,000 destroyed in one night
Isaiah 37:36
Instruction
Man whose life was increased by 15 yrs because he prayed
Isaiah 38:1-5
Intercession
The Bible that was cut with a penknife
Jeremiah 36:20-23
Joy
Valley full of dry bones prophesied to be resurrected
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Jubilee
A Harlot an ancestor of Christ
Judgment
Man ate locusts for food
Law
Life, Frailty of
Words:
Love
In the whole Bible
c. 773,692 words
Messiah
In the Old Testament
c. 592,439 words
Ministers
In the New Testament
c. 181,253 words
Missions
The longest word in the Bible is "Mahershalalhashbaz" (18 letters) which is found in Isaiah 8:1.
New Covenant
Old Age
Omniscience
Over comers
Passover
Praise
Prayer
Prosperity of the Wicked
Prosperity of the Righteous
Providence
Refuge
Regeneration
Rest
Resurrection
Revival
Safety
Service
Shepherd
Soldier's
Teacher's
Temperance
Tithing
Tongue
Transfiguration
Unity
Vanity
Watchman's
Water of Life
Wisdom
Woman's
Word of God
Worship