The Following material is From:   Biblical Facts 

1. The Old Testament has 17 Historical, 5 Poetical, & 17 Prophetic books in it.

2. The 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

Esther

3. The 5 Poetical books are:

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

4. The 17 Prophetic books are:

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

5. The New Testament has 4 Gospels, Acts, 21 Epistles, & Revelation in it.

6. The 4 Gospels are:

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

7. The 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

Jude

8. The Hebrew Old Testament includes the same books as our English Old Testament, but in a different order.

9. The Hebrew Old Testament also had some of its books combined to become one book, that is why there is 24 instead of 39 in the Hebrew Old Testament.

10. The Bible contains 1189 chapters.

11. The Old Tesament has 929 chapters and the New Testament 260.

12. The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119, and the shortest is Psalm 117.

13. Psalm 117 is the middle chapter of the Bible.

14. The longest verse is Esther 8:9, and the shortest is John 11:35(KJV).

15. Old Testament Sequence of Events:

Adam..................................about 4000 B.C.

The Flood.............................about 2400 B.C.

Abraham...............................about 2000 B.C.

Jacob.................................about 1900 B.C.

Joseph................................about 1800 B.C.

Moses.................................about 1400 B.C.

The Exodus............................about 1400 B.C.

Ruth..................................about 1150 B.C.

Samuel................................about 1100 B.C.

Saul..................................about 1053 B.C.

David.................................about 1013 B.C.

Solomon...............................about 973 B.C.

Division of the Kingdom(1 Kings 12)...about 933 B.C.

Galilee Captivity.....................about 734 B.C.

Captivity of Israel...................about 721 B.C.

Judah Conquered by Babylon............about 606 B.C.

Jehoiachin's Captivity................about 597 B.C.

Destruction of Jerusalem..............about 586 B.C.

Return from Captivity.................about 536 B.C.

Temple Rebuilt........................about 520 B.C.

Esther becomes Queen of Persia........about 478 B.C.

Ezra Goes to Jerusalem................about 457 B.C.

Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall............about 444 B.C.

16. Alphabetic writing began before 1500 B.C.

17. Three basic writing styles through history are Pictographic, Cuneform, and Alphabetic.

18. The traditional viewpoint is that Moses wrote the Pentateuch. From studying the background history of the Bible, I think it is safe to say this is correct.

19. The Garden of Eden was located near the top of the Persian Gulf.

20. Many cultures include a story similar to the Creation and the World-Wide Flood mentioned in the Bible.

21. Twelve Bible prophecies of cities have been fulfilled partially or completely. [The ones that haven't been completely fulfilled will be in the future.]

22. The stages of development of the New Testament Canon:

Irenaeus quoted all of our New Testament minus the books Hebrews, 2 Peter, & 3 John within his work Against Heresies. (ca. A.D. 130-200)

Within the Muratorian Canon the New Testament was listed minus Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, & 3 John. (ca. A.D. 170-210)

Eusebius quoted all of our New Testament within his work Ecclesiastical History. (ca. A.D. 260-340)

Athanasius quoted all of our New Testament within his thirty-ninth Paschal Letter. (ca. A.D. 367)

The List of the Canon was closed by the Council of Carthage. (A.D. 397)

23. The apocryphal books are 1 Esdras, Judith, Tobit, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, Odes, Wisdom, Sirach, Psalms of Solomon, Baruch, & Letter of Jeremiah.

24. Between 300 B.C. and A.D. 700 biblical text was written into nine various languages.

25. Various passages which relate Jesus to the Old Testament ~ Matt. 4:4, Matt. 5:17, Luke 24:27, John 5:39, John 5:46, & John 10:35.

26. Various passages which speak of Jesus Christ as a Diety ~ John 1:1, John 20:28, Rom. 9:5, Phil. 2:11, & Col. 1:16.

27. Various passages which speak of Jesus Christ's humanity ~ John 1:14, Luke 2:7, Luke 2:40, Luke 8:23, John 4:6, & Heb. 4:15.

28. A Table of Weights:

gerah = 1/20 shekel = 1/50 ounce = 0.6 gram

bekah = 1/2 shekel = 1/5 ounce = 5.7 grams

pim = 2/3 shekel = 1/3 ounce = 7.6 grams

shekel = 2 bekahs = 2/5 ounce = 11.5 grams

litra = 30 shekels = 12 ounces = 400 grams

talent = 3000 shekels = 75-88 pounds = 34-40 kilograms

29. A Table of Lengths:

Handbreadth = 1/3 span = 3 inches = 8 centimeters

Span = 1/2 cubits = 9 inches = 23 centimeters

Cubit/Pechys = 2 spans = 18 inches = 0.5 meter

Fathom = 4 cubits = 2 yards = 2 meters

Kalamos = 6 cubits = 3 yards = 3 meters

Stadion = 400 cubits = 1/8 mile = 185 meters

Milion = 8 stadia = 1620 yards = 1.5 kilometer

30. Table of Dry Measures:

Xestes = 1/2 cab = 1 1/6 pints = 0.5 liter

Cab = 1/18 ephah = 1 quart = 1 liter

Choinix = 1/18 ephah = 1 quart = 1 liter

Omer = 1/10 ephah = 2 quarts = 2 liters

Seah/Saton = 1/3 ephah = 7 quarts = 7.3 liters

Modios = 4 omers = 1/4 bushel = 9 liters

Ephah = 10 omers = 3/5 bushel = 22 liters

Lethek = 5 ephahs = 3 bushels = 110 liters

Cor[Homer] = 10 ephahs = 6 bushels = 220/525 liters

31. Table of Liquid Measures:

Log = 1/72 bath = 1/3 quart = 0.3 liter

Xestes = 1/8 hin = 1 1/6 pints = 0.5 liter

Hin = 1/6 bath = 4 quarts = 4 liters

Bath = 6 hins = 6 gallons = 22 liters

Metretes = 10 hins = 10 gallons = 39 liters

Cor = 10 baths = 60 gallons = 220 liters

32. The various translations of the Bible made between A.D. 700 & A.D. 1991.

700-1000 Only parts of the Bible translated into "Old English"

1380 John Wycliffe translated the Bible from Latin to Middle English.

1100-1500 Nicholas of Hereford made a translation for Middle English speaking people.

1100-1500 John Purvey revised Nicholas's translation.

1525/6 William Tymdale translated part of the Bible from Greek.

1535 Miles Coverdale published the Bible in English from Tyndale's work, Greek, Hebrew, & other sources.

1537 Matthew's Bible by John Rogers. Recieved royal sanction of King Henry VIII.

1539 The Great Bible by Coverdale. It was a revision of Matthew's Bible.

1560 The Geneva Bible was produced by Protestant scholars in Geneva.

1568 The Bishop's Bible was a revision of the Great Bible.

1582 & 1609 Rheims/Douai Translation was the Roman Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate of the Old and New Testaments.

1611 The King James Version(or Authorized Version) was translated by a number of Bible scholars.

1885 The Revised Version was a revision of the Authorized Version.

1901 The American Standard Version is an American Revision of the Authorized Version.

1903 The New Testament in Modern Speech was a translation produced by R.T. Weymouth.

1924 A New Translation of the Bible was translated by James Moffatt.

1927 Centenary Translation of the New Testament was a translation produced by the missionary Helen B. Montgomery.

1937 Williams New Testament was a translated by Charles B. Williams.

1938 The Bible:An American Translation was produced by E.J. Goodspeed and J.M. Powis Smith.

1952 The Revised Standard Version was a revision of the American Standard Version and the King James Version.

1955 The Holy Bible was translated by Ronald Knox.

1958 The New Testament in Modern English was translated by J.B. Phillips.

1965 The Amplified Bible was translated by the Lockman Foundation.

1966 The Jerusalem Bible was originally translated in French by Roman Catholic scholars.

1969 The New Berkeley (Modern Language) Bible was a revision of the Berkeley Version of 1959 by Gerrit Verkuyl.

1970 The New English Bible was translated by certain people of Britain's major churches and Bible societies.

1970 The New American Bible was translated by Roman Catholic scholars.

1971 The New American Standard Bible was a revision of the American Standard Version by the Lockman Foundation.

1976 The Good News Bible(Today's English Version) was translated by the American Bible Society.

1979 The New International Version was translated by evangelical scholars.

1982 The New King James Version was a modernization of the King James Version.

1987 The New Century Version was an update of the International Children's Bible.

1989 The New Revised Standard Version an update of the Revised Standard Version.

1989 The Revised English Bible is a British committee's update of the New English Bible.

1991 The Contemporary English Version(New Testament) was produced by the American Bible Society.

33. Names of God from the Hebrew/Aramaic Old Testament:

HEBREW ~

Adonai/ Ps. 2:4/ Lord, Master

El-Berith/ Judg 9:46/ God of the Covenant

El Elyon/ Gen 14:18-20/ Most High God

El Olam/ Gen 21:33/ The Eternal God

El Shaddai/ Gen 17:1-2/ All Powerful God

Qedosh Yisra'el/ Isa 1:4/ The Holy One of Israel

Shapat/ Gen 18:25/ Judge/Ruler

Yahweh-jereh/ Gen 22:14/ Yahweh Provides

Yahweh-seba'ot/ 1 Sam 1:3/ Yahweh of Armies

Yahweh-shalom/ Judg 6:24/ Yahweh is Peace

Yahweh-tsidkenu/ Jer 23:6/ Yahweh Our Righteousness

ARAMAIC ~

Attiq yomin/ Dan 7:9/ Ancient of Days

Lllaya/ Dan 7:25/ Most High

34. The Ten Plagues of Egypt:

Water to Blood - The waters of the Nile turned to blood.

Frogs - Frogs infested the land of Egypt.

Gnats - Small stinging insects infested in the land of Egypt.

Flies - Swarms of flies, possibly a biting variety, infested the land of Egypt.

Plague on the Cattle - A serious disease, possibly anthrax, infested the cattle belonging to Egyptians.

Boils - A skin disease infected the Egyptians.

Hail - A storm that destroyed the grain fields of Egypt by spared the land of Goshen inhabited by the Israelites.

Locusts - An infestation of locusts stripped the land of Egypt of plant life.

Darkness - A deep darkness covered the land of Egypt for three days.

Death of the Firstborn - The firstborn of every Egyptian family died.

35. The Sacrificial System was comprised of five different offerings. They are:

The Burnt Offering ~ Lev 1;6:8-13

The Grain Offering ~ Lev 2;6:14-23

The Fellowship Offering ~ Lev 3;7:11-36

The Sin Offering ~ Lev 4:1-5:13;6:24-30;12:6-8

The Guilt Offering ~ Lev 5:14-6:7;7:1-6;14:12-18

36. The Jewish Feasts and Festivals are:

Passover ~ March/April

Feast of Unleavened Bread ~ March/April

Feast of Weeks, or Harvest(Pentecost) ~ May/June

Feast of Trumpets(Rosh Hashanah) ~ September/October

Day of Atonement(Yom Kippur) ~ September/October

Feast of Booths, or Tabernacles ~ September/October

Feast of Dedication(Hanukkah) ~ Kislev(Nov/Dec)-Tebeth(Dec/Jan)

Feast of Purim, or Esther ~ February/March

37. The Judges of the Old Testament are:

Othniel ~ Judg 1:12-13;3:7-11

Ehud ~ Judg 3:12-30

Shamgar ~ Judg 3:31

Deborah ~ Judg 4-5

Gideon ~ Judg 6-8

Tola ~ Judg 10:1-2

Jair ~ Judg 10:3-5

Jephthah ~ Judg 11:1-12:7

Ibzan ~ Judg 12:8-10

Elon ~ Judg 12:11-12

Abdon ~ Judg 12:13-15

Samson ~ Judg 13-16

Samuel ~ 1 & 2 Samuel

38. The Musical Instruments of the Old Testament are:

Percussion: bagpipe, bells, cymbals, sistrum, & tambourine.

String: harp, harplike instrument, lyre, & zither.

Wind: double pipe, horn, cornet, pipe, reed, ram's horn, trumpet, & vertical flute.

39. The Israelites returned from exile three times. They are:

1. 538 B.C. Ezra 1-6 Leaders ~ Zerubbabel & Jeshua

2. 458 B.C. Ezra 7-10 Leader ~ Ezra

3. 444 B.C. Nehemiah 1-13 Leader ~ Nehemiah

40. Types of Biblical Prayers:

Confession = Ps 51/ Luke 18:10-24

Praise = 1 Chr 29:10-13/ Luke 1:46-55

Thanksgiving = Ps 105:1-7/ 1 Thess 5:16-18

Petition = Gen 24:12-14/ Acts 1:24-26

Intercession = Exod 32:11-13/ Phil 1:9-11

Commitment = 1 Kgs 8:56-61/ Acts 4:24-30

Forgiveness = Dan 9:4-19/ Acts 7:60

Confidence = Ps 23/ Luke 2:29-32

Benediction = Num 6:24-26/ Jude 24

41. The Characteristics of God Presented in Psalms are:

Anger / 5:6; 6:1; 27:9; 30:5; 73:20; etc.

Avenger / 9:12; 24:5; 26:1; 53:5; 58:6; etc.

Creator / 8:3; 22:9; 24:2; 78:69; 86:9; etc.

Deliverer(Savior) / 7:1,10; 9:14; 24:5; etc.

Faithful / 40:10; 54:5; 91:4; 92:2; 94:14; etc.

Forgiving / 25:11; 32:5; 65:3; 78:38; 79:9; etc.

Glory / 8:1; 24:7; 26:8; 29:1l; 63:2; etc.

Good / 13:6; 25:7; 27:13; 31:19; 34:8; etc.

Gracious / 67:1; 86:15; 103:8; 111:4; etc.

Healer / 6:2; 30:2; 103:3; 107:20; & 147:3

Holy / 16:10; 19:1; 20:6; 22:3; 29:2; 30:4; etc.

Jealous / 78:58; & 79:5

Judge / 7:8,11; 9:4,7-8; 50:4,6; 52:5; 75:2,7; etc.

Justice / 7:6; 9:8,16; 11:7; 33:5; 36:6; etc.

King / 5:2; 9:7; 11:4; 44:4; 47:2-9; 66:7; etc.

Living / 18:46; 42:2; & 84:2

Love / 6:4; 21:7; 25:6; 47:4; 48:9; 52:8; 60:5; etc.

Majesty / 8:1; 68:34; 76:4; 93:1; 96:6; 104:1; 111:3; 145:5

Mercy / 4:1; 5:7; 9:13; 26:11; 30:10; 31:9; etc.

Only God / 18:31; 35:10; 73:25; 95:3; 96:4-5; etc.

Perfect / 18:30; 92:15; 115:3; 135:6

Present / 16:11; 22:19; 23:4; 35:22; 38:21; etc.

Protector / 3:3; 5:11; 7:10; 16:5; 33:20; 66:9; etc.

Provider / 67:6; 68:9; 78:23-29; 81:16; 85:12; etc.

Redeemer / 19:14; 25:22; 55:18; 106:10; 107:2; etc.

Refuge, Rock / 7:1; 14:6; 19:14; 27:1; 28:1; etc.

Repent / 7:12; 90:13; & 106:45

Righteousness / 4:1; 11:7; 22:31; 36:6; 50:6; 65:5; 72:1; etc.

Shepherd / 23:1; 28:9; 74:1; 77:20; 78:52; 79:13; etc.

Spirit / 51:11; 104:30; 106:33; 139:7; & 143:10

Universal / 24:1; 50:1,12; 59:13; 65:2,5; 66:4; etc.

Wisdom / 104:24

Wonder Worker / 40:5; 46:8; 65:5; 66:3,5; 68:7; etc.

42. The Prophets in History(9th-5th century B.C.):

Elijah ~ 875-850

Micaiah ~ 856

Elisha ~ 855-800

Jonah ~ 775

Amos ~ 765

Hosea ~ 750

Isaiah ~ 740-698

Micah ~ 735-710

Oded ~ 733

Zephaniah ~ 630

Nahum ~ 625

Habakkuk ~ 625

Jeremiah ~ 626-584

Huldah(the prophetess) ~ 621

Ezekiel ~ 593-571

Joel ~ 588

Obadiah ~ 580

Haggai ~ 520

Zechariah ~ 520-514

Malachi ~ 433

43. Jesus' Ministry as Fulfillment of Scripture in Matthew:

Prophecy ~ Isa 7:14 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 1:18,22-23

Prophecy ~ Mic 5:2 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 2:4-6

Prophecy ~ Hos 11:1 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 2:14-15

Prophecy ~ Isa 11:1 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 2:23

Prophecy ~ Isa 9:1-2 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 4:12-16

Prophecy ~ Isa 53:4 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 8:16-17

Prophecy ~ Isa 42:1-4 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 12:16-21

Prophecy ~ Ps 78:2 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 13:34-35

Prophecy ~ Zech 9:9 / Fulfillment ~ Matt 21:1-5

44. Fifty one parables Jesus spoke are within the New Testament.

45. Most people reject Christ for one or more of the following reasons:

Ignorance - Romans 1:18-23 (often self-imposed), Matthew 22:29

Pride - John 5:40-44

Moral problem - John 3:19,20

46. The Bible was written:

over a 1500 year span.

over 40 generations.

over 40 authors from every walk of life(i.e. ~ kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars, etc).

in different places(i.e. ~ wilderness, dungeon, palace, etc).

at different times(i.e. ~ war, peace, etc).

in different moods(i.e. ~ heights of joy, depths of despair, etc).

on three continents(i.e. ~ Asia, Africa, & Europe).

in three languages(i.e. ~ Hebrew, Aramaic, & Greek).

including hundreds of controversial topics which would create opposing viewpoints when mentioned or discussed, yet it has perfect continuity.

47. The approximate amount of Bibles that were published by 1932 is 1,330,213,815 Bibles.

48. The Types of Writing for Scripture are:

Uncial Writing

Minuscule Writing

49. There are now more than 5300 known Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament.

50. We have more than 24000 Manuscript copies of portions of the New Testament in existence today.

• The New Testament was faithfully transcribed into Hebrew, Syriac, Egyptian, Coptic, Latin and other languages by 60-70 AD.
• The first translation of the English Bible was initiated by John Wycliffe and completed by John Purvey in A.D. 1388.
• The first American edition of the Bible was perhaps published some time before A.D. 1752.
• The Bible has been translated in part or in whole as of 1964 in over 1,200 different languages or dialects.
• The system of chapters in the Bible was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing.
• The Bible was divided into chapters by Stephen Langton about A.D. 1228.
• The Old Testament was divided into verses by R. Nathan in A.D. 1448 and the New Testament by Robert Stephanus in A.D. 1551.
• According to statistics from Wycliffe International, the Society of Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new Bibles that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed in the United States is about 168,000 per day.
• There are 8,674 different Hebrew words in the Bible, 5,624 different Greek words, and 12,143 different English words in the King James Version.
• A 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, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 28:13, Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15 and 1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but z; and Galatians 1:14 contains all but k.
• The word "God" occurs 4,379 times.
• The word "Lord" occurs 7,738 times.
• The longest intercontinental telegram ever sent was the text of the New International Version of the Bible, sent from Geneva, where it was translated, to New York for printing.
• The Bible can be read aloud in 70 hours.
• Oldest verse was found on a small silver leaf from a necklace with Numbers 6:24-26 inscribed dated 7th century before Christ
• There was never any histoical record of Jewish debates concerning of the authorship of the Torah.
• A Bible in the University of Gottingen is written on 2,470 palm leaves.

Unusual Things in the Bible

• Man who lived to be 969 years old Gen. 5:27
• Sons of God married the daughters of men Gen. 6:2
• Man used a stone for a pillow Gen 28:11
• Baby had a scarlet thread tied around its hand before it was born Gen. 38:28,29
• Battle won because a man stretched out his hand Exodus 17:11
• Man was spoken to by a donkey Num. 22:28-30
• One who had a bed 13½ feet long and 6 feet wide Deut. 3:11
• The women who had to shave their heads before they could marry Deut 21:11-13
• Sun stood still for a whole day Josh. 10:13
• An army with 700 left handed men Judges 20:16
• Man whose hair weighed about 6 pounds when it was cut annually 2 Sam. 14:26
• Man who had 12 fingers and 12 toes 2 Sam. 21:20
• Father who had eighty-eight children 2 Chr. 11:21
• The sun travelled backward Isaiah 38:8
• A harlot was an ancestor of Christ Matt. 1:5

Scripture's Record List of Individuals

• Earlist: Adam, world's first human being Gen. 2:7
• Oldest: Methuselah, son of Enoch, who lived to be 969 Gen. 5:27
• Strongest: Samson, carnal Nazarite whom God used to deliver Israel from the Philistines Judg. 14:6, 15:5
• Wisest: Solomon, king of Israel and son of David 1 Kings 3:12
• Richest: Solomon 1 Kings 10:23
• Tallest: Goliath, over nine feet tall, killed in battle by David 1 Sam. 17:4
• Shortest: Zacchaeus, who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus Luke 19:3-4
• Fattest: Eglon, Moabite king killed by the judge Ehud Judg.3:17
• Meekest: Moses, Israel's great lawgiver and author of the first five books of the bible Num. 12:3
• Cruelest: Manasseh, who shed blood from one end of Judah to the other but later repented 2 Chron. 33:1-13
• Fastest: Asahel, described in Scripture as "light of foot as a wild roe" 2 Sam. 2:18
• Greatest of the Prophets: John the Baptist, forerunner of Christ Matt. 11:11
• Guiltiest: Judas, who betrayed the Savior for 30 pieces of silver Matt. 27:3-5
• Proudest: Nebuchadnezzar, Babylonian king who destroyed Jerusalem and was later humbled by God himself Dan. 4
• Most Beautiful: Esther, Jewish queen who saved her people from the first holocaust attempt in history Esther 2:7
• Most Traveled: Paul, the great theologian and missionary Acts 13:4, 15:36, 18:23
• Most Sorrowful: Jeremiah, persecuted by his own countrymen for preaching on sin and who saw his beloved Jerusalem destroyed Jer. 9:1, Lam. 1:12
• Most Persecuted: Job, attacked by Satan, totally misunderstood by wife, and criticized by his friends Job 1-2
• Most Lovestruck: Jacob, who agreed to work seven years for the hand of Rachel Gen. 29:18-20
• Most Frightened: Belshazzar, whose knees knocked ad the handwriting in the wall appeared Dan. 5:6
• Most Rash: Jephthah, who vowed to offer a special sacrifice if God would allow him to win a battle; the sacrifice turned out to be his daughter Judg. 11:30
• Most Doubtful: Thomas, who said he could not believe in Christ's resurrection until he saw and touched the Savior John 11:16, 20:24-29

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