Interesting Facts From The Bible

Explaining the change, Davidsays, “While the child was yet alive, I fasted an wept: For I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?, But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again?” After the boy’s death, Bathsheba bears David a new son: Solomon.

What was it that Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?

Many people mistakenly believe that God sent an earthquake to bring down the sinful cities, but this is not true. Genesis 19:24 is very explicit in stating that the destruction came from above: “The Lord rained upon Sodom an upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of Heaven.”

The Strangest Funeral in the Bible.

King David battled with Saul, but his hatred did not extend to Saul’s son, the military leader Ish-bosheth. When Ish-bosheth was decapitated in his bed by officers who though they were doing David a favor, the King was so furious that he ordered the killer’s hands and feet lopped off an the men hanged.

As for Ish-bosheth, according to 2 Samuel 4:12 the King “took the head of Ish-bosheth, an buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.” This is the only instance in the Bible of a head being buried without the body. Presumably, the body was buried where the men had left it.

What is the Most Common Name in the Bible?

There are over 30 Zachariahs, with Azariah a runner up at nearly 30 Third place goes to Meshullam, of which there are over 20.

Feast or Famine!

There are literally dozens of famines in the Bible, beginning with one in Genesis 12:10 that sent Abraham to Egypt. But there are also 13 great feasts, the first of which was hosted by Abraham on “the same day that (his son) Isaac was weaned” (Genesis 21:8).

In addition, there were two great birthday parties, the first thrown by the Egyptian Pharaoh for himself (Genesis 40:20-22), the second held by Herod (Matthew 14:6), where he gave Salome the head of John the Baptist, as she requested as a reward for dancing.

How Many Words are in the bible?

There are nearly 774,00 words in all. A total off 66 books, 1,189 chapters an 31,173 verses. The exact center of the Bible can be found in Psalm 118:8.

When were the Gospels written?

As far as can be determined from events mentioned in the text itself, Mark was the first to be written. This was done circa 75 A.D. Though it appears first in the New Testament, Matthew appears to have been written second, since it corrects certain grammatical errors in the other Gospel The date of its writing is unknown. Luke an John seem to have followed in that order though, once again, no one knows when they were written.

Did You Know….

That the earliest Bibles, handwritten on scrolls, contained neither punctuation, verses nor chapters? These were added later to make it easier to read. How, then did scribes know that the hadn’t left out a word or two? Because they had what were called “center words:” If a specific word did not show up where it was supposed to, the writer was forced to start again.

It is Greek to Me!

The Five Books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Are called the Pentateuch by Christians, from the Greek meaning five books. To Jews, these books are known collectively as the Torah, from the Hebrew word for laws, because within the stories they tell, that is what they’re really all about.