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Trivia #25

By Algae S. Densing

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Algae S. Densing

First Published: 2013/07/31

 

 

  • About 50 Bibles are sold every minute.
  • The Bible, the the world's best selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
  • The 66 books in the Bible are divided into 1, 189 chapters and 31, 173 verses.
  • The Old Testament has 929 chapters, while the New Testament has 260.
  • The verse in the exact middle of the bible is Psalm 118:8. There are 549 chapters before and after Psalm 118.
  • II John has the fewest number of verses of any book in the bible and III John has the fewest number of words.
  • Job is the oldest book written in the Bible.
  • The word "Christian" appears only three times in the Bible.
  • The word "God" does not appear in Esther and Song of Solomon.
  • The words "grandmother" and "eternity" appear only once.
  • There are seven suicides recorded in Scriptures.

 

 

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Algae S. Densing. "Trivia #25." Cyberdasm. 2016/02/02. Accessed 2024/12/22. /publ/volume_6/facts/it_39_s_biblical/26-1-0-154.

Algae S. Densing. "Trivia #25." Cyberdasm. 2016/02/02. Date of access 2024/12/22, /publ/volume_6/facts/it_39_s_biblical/26-1-0-154.

Algae S. Densing (2016/02/02). "Trivia #25." Cyberdasm. Retrieved 2024/12/22, /publ/volume_6/facts/it_39_s_biblical/26-1-0-154.