Fun Bible Facts to Teach Our Children

Here are some fun Bible facts for us to teach our children.  They may already know most of them, depending on their ages.  Some of them are just fun facts and not really anything that would help them live their spiritual lives.  Others are things every Christian can benefit from.  I've marked these beneficial facts in green.  

There's a whole slew of other facts.  These are just the ones I put together for my children.  

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The Bible:

There are 66 books in the Bible ~ Written by 40 different authors and yet they all agree and compliment each other.

• 39 in the Old Testament
• 27 in the New Testament

The Old Testament:

• Every young person should be expected to learn the books of the Bible by heart as soon as possible.  There are plenty of songs to help with this.  
• First book ~ Genesis
• Last book ~ Malachi
• 5 books of the "Law" were written by Moses {Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, & Deuteronomy}
• Books of History were written by different authors {Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther}
• Books of Poetry ~ Songs and poems the Jews sang {Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, & Song of Solomon
• Major Prophets ~ not any more important than the minor prophets, but larger in size {Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, & Daniel}
• Minor Prophets ~ {Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, & Malachi}

The New Testament:

• First book ~ Matthew
• Last book ~ Revelation
• 4 Gospels {Matthew, Mark, Luke & John}
• Early Church History ~ Acts written by Luke
• Paul's letters to the churches and other individuals {Romans, I &II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, & Hebrews}  We are not told who wrote the book of Hebrews.
  
• Other Epistles {James, I &II Peter, I, II, & III John & Jude}
• Book of prophecy {Revelation}

Other Fun Facts:

• 1,189 Chapters
• Longest Chapter - Psalm 119 has 176 verses!!
• Shortest Chapter - Psalm 117 only has 2 verses.
• The very center of the Bible is Psalm 118:8 -- It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.  "The Lord" is in the center of this verse, which would put "The Lord" in the very center of the entire Bible! 
• The "Love Chapter" is I Corinthians 13
• The "Faith Chapter" or "Hall of Faith" is Hebrews 11
• Longest Verse - Esther 8:9
• Shortest Verse - John 11:35 - "Jesus wept"
• Chapter divisions were not added until 1227 AD  ~ This year may not be an important detail, but this fact is important when learning to study you Bible as you may need to go a little further to finish a thought, or, you may need to look into the last chapter for a little "background"
• The Bible is NOT written in chronological order.
  
• The longest man that ever lived - Methuselah who was the son of Enoch and the Grandfather of Noah.  He lived 969 years.
• The first martyr - Steven was killed by Saul who later became the Apostle Paul - to clarify, Paul was responsible for the killing of Stephen {and the persecution of other Christians before his own conversion on the road to Damascus}.  He did not personally throw any stones, but he was there to be sure the deed was carried out and accomplished.  he held the coats of the men that did the stoning and therefore was guilty of the crime.  {Aren't you glad God is a God of forgiveness and second chances!?!} 
• Gabriel, Michael, and Lucifer are the three angels mentioned by name in the Bible.
• There are 49 different foods mentioned in the Bible.
• Almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the Bible.
• Cats are the only domestic animals NOT mentioned in the Bible.
•  "God" occurs 4,370 times.
• "Jehovah" occurs  6,855 times.
• "Lord" occurs  7,736 times.
• There are some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500 verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and possessions.  Money is discussed up to 140 times.  "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil."  - I Timothy 6:10 
  
• Heaven is mentioned 577 times.
• Hell is mentioned 54 times.
• A parable is a story that was told by Jesus.  They were earthly stories with Heavenly meanings. No names were ever mentioned in parables.  

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