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The Bible has 2 Testaments, 66 Books, 1,189 Chapters, 31,173 Verses. About 50 of them are sold every minute, and the rest are shoplifted.  It is one of the most stolen Books of all time!
The longest book of the Bible is Psalms, with 150 chapters.
The shortest book of the Bible is John 2, with 14 verses in 1 chapter.
The longest chapter of the Bible is Psalms 119, with 176 verses.
The shortest chapter of the Bible is Psalms 117, with only two verses.
The longest verse of the Bible is Esther 8:9, feel free to call it up (one time only please) to see just how long it is.
The shortest verse of the Bible (in English) is John 11:35, saying:  "Jesus wept."  In the original languages it is 1Th 5:16, "Rejoice evermore."
2Tim 1:5 is the only place in the Bible where the word "grandmother" appears.
The longest word in the Bible, found in Isaiah 8:1 and 8:3, is "Maher-shalal-hash-baz."
Feel sorry for this guy, in 2 Chronicles 11:21 there is a man with 88 kids!
In Judges 4:19 there is a mention of an ancient milk bottle.
For all you left handed people out there, the first mention of a lefty is in Judges 3:15.
Something strange to wonder about:  2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 are nearly word for word the same.
Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon, has a unique name out of all the books of the Bible, not counting 1's 2's and 3's it is the only to have more than one word and the only to start with an "S".
The first book to ever be put into automated print was the Bible. This occured in 1454 on Johannes Gutenberg's printing press.
The name "Paul" actually means "small" in Greek.  No making fun of his height!
Methuselah lived to be 969 years old, although technically Enoch is the oldest human to ever live; he's going on 6000 these days.
The Gospel of Mark is believed by many scholars to have been dictated to the disciple by the apostle Peter.  It is most likely the first Gospel to have been written.
Matthias, the apostle who replaced Judas, is never heard from again after he is selected by casting lots.
The word "Gethsemane" means "Oil Press."
Most of the concepts referred to in the book of Revelation are found in very similar wording throughout the Old Testament.
The first question a human being asks in the Bible is, "Am I my brother's keeper?" (Gen 4:9)
"Lucifer" (Isa 14:12) is actually a Latin translation of the adversary's name.  In Hebrew it is "Helel."
The spirit pretending to be Samuel in 1Sam 28 is identified as "a familiar spirit" in 1Ch 10:13.  The phrase "one that had" was added by English translators.
Daniel the prophet read his Scriptures!  In Dan 9:2 he learned about the 70 years predicted for Israelite captivity by reading the recently composed book of Jeremiah.
The first book of the New Testament to have been written was James, around 45-49AD.
The Ten Commandments contain 322 words. 98 of those words are are about the Sabbath.
The "rose" of Sharon in Song of Songs 2:1 is actually more of a "crocus," by translation - but that's not as romantic a flower.
Nathan, Gad, Ahijah, Iddo, Shemaiah and possibly Jasher, are all Biblical prophets who wrote books that we do not have as part of the Canon. (1Ch 29:29, 2Ch 9:29, 2Ch 12:15, Josh 10:13, 2Sam 1:18)
The Messiah's words on the cross, "Eloi, Eloi, why have you forsaken me?" (Mark 15:34) is actually the beginning of the 22nd Psalm, which contains many striking parallels to the events of the crucifixion.
Archaeologists excavating the city of Jericho have found burned, unused stores of grain in the houses - very unusual for an abandoned city, but perfectly consistent with the Biblical record.
The words "Synagogue" and "Congregation" are identical in meaning in their respective languages.
When Nineveh was destroyed, (Zeph 2:13) much of the writings of ancient mythologies were wiped out with it.  This is one of the reasons why the Bible is one of the few surviving works predating 1000BC.
To have one's child "pass through the fire to Molech" was a more dreadful thing than can be discerned from the Biblical texts.  It involved placing the infant on the white-hot hands of the idol to be sacrificed, or cast into the fire directly.
The "bottomless pit" into which Satan will be cast in Rev 20:3 is actually the Greek word for "void" which denotes the emptiness of a demon having no one to tempt in Luke 8:31, and is the word in the Septuagint that is used to describe the pre-life earth. (Genesis 1:2)
Job, possibly the first book of the Bible to be written, speaks of the resurrection of the dead. (Job 14:12-15)
The word "Christ," or "Annointed One," is the same root from which we get the word "Charisma."
The "Ipuwer Papyrus," a document from ancient Egypt written around 1600BC, contains references to the ten plagues recorded in the book of Exodus.
The only three Book so the Bible to mention the Tree of Life are Genesis, Proverbs (symbolically) and Revelation.
Adam lived long enough to know Noah's father.  He died in 930, and Lamech was born in 874.
A "shekel" is a unit of weight that measured about 2/5 of an ounce.
A "talent" is a weight of about 3000 shekels, or 75 pounds.
An "omer" is a measure of dried goods (like flour or wheat) amounting to 2 (US) quarts.
An "ephah" is 10 omers, or 20 US quarts, of dry foodstuffs.
A "hin" is 1/6 of a "bath" and is a liquid measure of 4 liters.
A "bath" is 6 "hins," and is a measure of liquid in the amount of about 24 liters.
The first plague, the Nile's water becoming blood, (Exo 7:20,21) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Osiris, the "father of gods," and deity associated most directly with the river.
The second plague, the multitude of frogs, (Exo 8:5,6) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Heqt, the "toad goddess," who was associated with resurrection and procreation.
The third plague, the cloud of lice from dust, (Exo 8:17) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Seb [Geb], the "cackler," who was the god of the earth.
The fourth plague, the swarm of flies, (Exo 8:24) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Khepfi, the diety associated with insects, whose symbol is the scarab beetle.
The fifth plague, the death of Egyptian cattle, (Exo 9:6) was a rebuke of the nation's reverence for Apis and Hathor, the god and goddess of bulls.
The sixth plague, boils breaking out on human skin, (Exo 9:10) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Thoth, the god of medicine and wisdom.
The seventh plague, hailstones with thunder and fire, (Exo 9:23,24) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Nut (pronounced Noot) the goddess of the sky and crops.
The eighth plague, a swarm of locusts, (Exo 10:13,14) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Anubis, Isis and Seth, the gods of fields (and cemeteries), life and crops respectively.
The ninth plague, supernatural darkness, (Exo 10:21-23) was a rebuke of the Egyptian reverence for Re, the "sun god."
The tenth plague, the death of the firstborns, (Exo 12:29) was a rebuke to the Egyptian belief that those of the pharaoh's line were incarnations of deities, specificaly Re and Osiris.
Cameo: Daniel's name makes two appearances in the book of Ezekiel. (14:20, 28:3)
Cameo: The prophets Haggai and Zechariah make appearances in the book of Ezra. (5:1, 6:14)
Inventory: The word "soap" is mentioned twice in the Bible.  It's in Jer 2:22 and Mal 3:2.
Inventory: For all you veggie fans, the word "cucumbers" is mentioned twice in the Bible.  You can find it in Num 11:5 and Isa 1:8.
The hailstones which accompany the last of the 7 plagues (Rev 16:21) are mentioned in the very first book of the Bible to be written.  Job is told of "the treasures of hail" which are "reserved against the time of trouble." (Job 38:22,23)
The name "Ichabod" (popularized in the book "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow") comes from the name of an individual in the Bible (1Sam 4:21) and means "No glory."
In Sanskrit, "the man Noah" translates into "Vishnu" - which may be an example of how some polytheistic traditions got started after the confusion at Babel.
The first four chapters of Lamentations are acrostics - each of the verses begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.  The third chapter is a triple acrostic: the first three verses begin with "aleph," the second three begin with "bet," and so on.
The Sadducees were the "Zadokites," or those who were most closely associated with the Temple's rituals.  They were named for Zadok, the high priest during the days of David and Solomon. (1Kings 1:32-34)
The Pharisees, or "Separatists," took their name from the Hebrew word "Peres," meaning, "to divide."  They were a sect that began after the Babylonian exile, and their teachings have survived to a large extent in the modern Rabbinical traditions.
The Essenes, taking their name from the Hebrew word "Asa," (to heal) are the ones who preserved the Dead Sea scrolls in Qumran, which verifies much of the accuracy of Scripture.  They were a mystic, ascetic sect arising about 100BC.  Most were slain by the Romans around the time of the destruction of Jerusalem (70AD) and history records little about them after this.
The Bible's writers desire that we have three blessings "above all things."  Love, (Col 3:14, 1Pet 4:8) a pure speech, free of false oaths (James 5:12) and health. (3John 1:2)