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BIBLE TIDBITSLongest book in the Bible ---Old Testament: Psalms, with 150 chapters and a total of 2,461 verses. New Testament: Luke, which has 1,151 verses Shortest book in the Bible ---Old Testament: Obadiah, with 21 verses with 670 words. New Testament: 2 John, with 13 verses with 298 words. Shortest Verse in the Bible: 'Jesus Wept' John 11:35 Total Number of Verses in the Bible: 30,442 (old testament: 22,485, new testament: 7,957) Total Number of Words in the Bible: In round numbers: 845,000 (old testament: 647,000, new testament: 198,000) Most used words in the Bible: "The" used approx. 58,000 times. Noun: "Lord" used 7,736 times. Shortest Prayer in the Bible: "Lord, save me" Matt. 14:30) Three kings who ruled all of Israel: 1. Saul ruled 40 years (Acts 13:21), 2. David ruled for 40 years (2 Sam. 5:4), 3. Soloman ruled for 40 years (1 Kings 11:42) Four major prophets of the Old Testament: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel The shortest reign in the Bible: King Zimri ruled Israel for 7 days and then committed suicide by burning down his palace around himself (1 Kings 16:15) The longest reign in the Bible: King Manasseh started his reign when he was 12 years old, and ruled Judah for 55 years (2 Kings 21:1) The youngest king: Joash (also known as Jehoash) was 7 years old when he began to reign as King of Judah. He reigned for 40 years (2 Chron. 24:1) The largest army actually assembled in the Bible: Zerah the Ethiopian had a host of one million which he brought against King Asa (2 Chron. 14:9) Jesus's first miracle: In Capernaum, when he cured the nobleman's feverish son (John 4:47-53). Most frequently used name for Jesus: 'Son of Man' appears 82 times in the New Testament What was the the language of Jesus?: Aramaic |
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