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BIBLICAL FACTS & STATISTICS

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According to Usher's Chronology, there are 2,315 years of history in Genesis.

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According to Usher's Chronology, there are only 1,309 years in the other 38 books of the Old Testament.

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According to Usher's Chronology, there are 3,624 years of history in the Old Testament.

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According to Usher's Chronology, the New Testament covers only about a 100 year period.

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Although the word of God, in II Kings 14:25, calls Jonah a prophet, the only prophecy in the book of Jonah was never fulfilled, because Nineveh repented. [II Kings 14:25] He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. [Jonah 3:4] And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown . [3:5] So the people of Nineveh believed God , and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. [3:10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

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Confirmation that Moses wrote Genesis: [Genesis 17:10] This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. [John 7:22] Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

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Confirmation that Moses wrote Exodus: [Exodus 21:17] And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. [Mark 7:10] For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

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Confirmation that Moses wrote Leviticus: [Leviticus 20:10] And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. [John 8:5] Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?

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Hebrews Chapter 11 has been called (1) the Hall of Fame, and (2) the Hall of Faith.

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Notice that Jesus seperates out those possessed of devils from other sick people: [Matthew 4:24] And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils , and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. It seems that "being possessed by a devil is different from just being sick or a lunatick. [Luke 9:1] Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

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Confirmation that Moses wrote Deuteronomy: [Deuteronomy 24:1] When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement , and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. [Matthew 19:7] They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement , and to put her away?

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Fifty two of the fifty six signers of the Declaration of Independence were Christians.

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II Thessalonians is the middle book in the New Testament.

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In 1611 the Authorized Version was published. The translation was done by 47 men.

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In the four gospels, only Jesus says the word "Amen".

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Only 5 people in the Bible are called "righteous": Abel, Noah, Lot, Zacharias, and Elizabeth.

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Psalms 107 verses 8, 15, 21, & 31 are the same.

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Psalms 117 is the shortest chapter in the Bible.

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Psalms 118 is the middle chapter in the Bible.

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Psalms 118:8 is the middle verse in the Bible. "It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

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Psalms 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible.

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Psalms has more chapters than any other book in the Bible.

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Proverbs is the middle book in the Old Testament.

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The Bible was first divided into chapters in 1228 by Stephen Langdon.

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The Bible was written by 40 men over a period of 1,600 years (1,500 B.C. - 100 A.D.).

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The book of Matthew portrays Jesus as the promised King.

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The book of Mark portrays Jesus as the Servant.

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The book of Luke portrays Jesus as the Man.

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The book of John portrays Jesus as the Son of God.

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The chapters of II Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 are the same words.

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The New Testament was first divided into verses in 1551 by Robert Stephanus.

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The Old Testament was first divided into verses in 1448 by R. Nathan.

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The phrase "abomination to God " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "anointed of God " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "but the Holy Spirit " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "eye(s) of God " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "false prophet" is only applied to Barjesus in [Acts 13:6] And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: , except for THE FALSE PROPHET in Revelation.

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The phrase "for ever" occurs in 54 different books Bible, a total of 380 times.

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The phrase "God hates " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "God of Joseph " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "Holy Ghost " is not used in the Old Testament.

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The phrase "Holy One of God " is only used in the New Testament. [Mark 1:24] Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God . [Luke 4:34] Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God .

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The phrase "Holy Spirit " is used only 3 times in the Old Testament and 4 times in the New Testament.

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The phrase "kingdom of heaven " is used 32 times, and only in the book of Matthew.

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The phrase "Lord God of Israel " is used only once in the New Testament [Luke 1:68] Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,

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The phrase "Lord hates " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "of the Holy Spirit " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "Son of man" is used 85 times in the New Testament referring to Jesus.

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The phrase "Spirit of the Father " is not in the Bible.

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The phrase "thy lips" is only used one time in the Bible to describe God. [Psalms 17:4] Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.

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The phrase "will of the Father" is only used one time in the Bible. [John 5:30] I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

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The word "and" occurs 35,543 times in the Old Testament.

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The word "and" occurs 10,684 times in the New Testament.

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The word "anoints" is not in the Bible

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The word "Beelzebub" only occurs in the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke for a total of 7 times.

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The word "center" is not in the Bible

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The word "cherubims" is only used once in the New Testament: [Hebrews 9:5] And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

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The word "circumcision" is only used once in the Old Testament: [Exodus 4:26] So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.

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The word "creation" is used 6 times, and only in the New Testament

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The word "deity" is not in the Bible

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The word "forever" is not in the Bible

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The word "gallows" is used 8 times in 7 verses and only in the book of Esther.

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The word "god" occurs in 50 verses of the Bible

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The word "God" occurs in 3,567 verses of the Bible

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The word "GOD" occurs in 289 verses of the Bible

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The word "grace" is not used in the books of Matthew and Mark.

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The word "hell" is used 54 times in the Bible.

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The word "hog" or "hogs" is not in the Bible

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The word "important" is not in the Bible

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The word "impossible" is not in the Old Testament, and it is used 9 times in the New Testament.

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The word "interesting" is not in the Bible

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The word "innumerable" is used 7 times in 5 different books in the Bible. It is used in Job 21:33, Psalms 40:12, 104:25, Jeremiah 46:23, Luke 12:1, & Hebrews 11:12, 12:22. Please see "WITHOUT NUMBER (INNUMERABLE)" in the Table of Contents)

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The word "judgement" is not in the Bible, but "judgment" occurs in 285 verses.

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The word "kissing" is not in the Bible

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The word "lord" occurs in 207 verses of the Bible

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The word "Lord" occurs in 992 verses of the Bible

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The word "LORD" occurs in 5,559 verses of the Bible

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The word "necromancers" is not in the Bible

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The word "pardon" is not in the New Testament

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The word "pardon" is used only 16 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament

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The word "pig" or "pigs" is not in the Bible

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The word "prays" is not in the Bible

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The word "quail" is not in the Bible

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The word "rapture" is not in the King James Bible, but the Latin word "rapere" does occur in the Latin version of the Bible in I Thessalonians 4:17, where also in the Greek, the word "harpadzo" is used, meaning "caught up".

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The word "rejection" is not in the Bible

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The word "resurrect" is not in the Bible

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The word "resurrected" is not in the Bible

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The word "Satan" occurs in 55 times in 49 verses of the Bible, 14 of which occurrences are in the first two chapters of Job. It occurs 19 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament, and 36 times in 34 verses of the New Testament.)

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The word "snake" is not in the Bible

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The word "snakes" is not in the Bible

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The word "trinity" is not in the Bible

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The word "unpardonable" is not in the Bible

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The word "viper" is only used once in the New Testament: [Acts 28:3] And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

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The word "worth" is only used 9 times in the Old Testament, and it is not used in the New Testament

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The words "verily, verily" occur 25 times in the KJV, and only in the book of John.

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There are 39 books in the Old Testament

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There are 27 books in the New Testament

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There are 66 books in the Bible

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Job 29 is the middle chapter in the Old Testament.

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Romans 13 is the middle chapter in the New Testament.

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There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament.

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There are 260 chapters in the New Testament.

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There are 1189 chapters in the Bible

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II Chronicles 20:17 is the middle verse in the Old Testament.

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Acts 17:17 is the middle verse in the New Testament.

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I Chronicles 1:25 is the shortest verse in the Old Testament.

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John 11:35 is the shortest verse in the New Testament.

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Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible.

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There are 23,214 verses in the Old Testament.

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There are 7,959 verses in the New Testament.

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There are 31,173 verses in the Bible

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There are 592,439 words in the Old Testament.

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There are 181,253 words in the New Testament.

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There are 773,692 words in the Bible

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There are only two scriptures verses in the Bible which call Jesus the Messiah: [Daniel 9:25] Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. [9:26] And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

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There are only two scriptures verses in the Bible which call Jesus the Messias: [John 1:41] He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. [4:25] The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

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The longest word in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz , having 18 letters, and occurs only in Isaiah 8:1, 3.

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Ezra 7:21 contains all the letters of the alphabet except the letter "J".

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Daniel 4:37 contains all the letters of the alphabet except the letter "Q".

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There are 2,728,100 letters in the Old Testament.

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There are 838,380 letters in the New Testament.

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There are 3,566,480 letters in the Bible

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There are 3,537,441 square miles in the U.S.A and there are 1,900,533 square miles in the New Jerusalem. But the New Jerusalem is also 1378 miles high, making it 2,620,072,994 (over 2.6 billion) miles cubed. This is based on a furlong equaling 606 feet, 9 inches in length.

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The largest number of people killed at one time was 500,000 men of Israel: [II Chronicles 13:17] And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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The serpent was once a beast not a creeping thing. [Genesis 1:24] And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. [3:1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

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For only two people, besides Jesus, was it ever said that they pleased God, Jacob: " [Genesis 33:10] And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me." and Enoch: " [Hebrews 11:5] By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God ."

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Nineveh may have been 60 miles in circumference and 20 miles across, with a population of as much as 500,000 people. [Jonah 3:3] So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. [4:11] And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? (Perhaps 120,000 small children)

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Stephen quoted or referred to 8 Old Testament books (Genesis, Exodus, I Kings, II Samuel, I Chronicles, Psalms, & Isaiah) in Acts chapter 7.

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There were 6 prophetess named in the Bible: Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Noadiah, Anna, and Jezebel.

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The dead sea scrolls were found in 1947.

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You will forget 95% of what you heard within 72 hours.