Surprising Biblical Facts and Figures Quiz

Answer: Last

In Jeremiah 52:31 the NIV Bible says that Amel-Marduk king of Babylon freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison on the 25th day of the 12th month. (At the time, this was not, of course, December - it would have been the Jewish month of Adar.) He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honour higher than those of the other kings in Babylon.

Answer: Uriah son of Shemaiah

Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against Jerusalem and the land of Judah as Jeremiah did, however King Jehoiakim was upset at this and he had to flee to Egypt in order to escape the king.

Answer: 40th

In Isaiah 40:21-22 the Bible says "Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded? He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in."

Answer: Two

The books of 1st Samuel and Proverbs have exactly 31 chapters. Some people consider it convenient to read and follow them in one month as each chapter can be read corresponding to each day of a month.

Answer: Diamond

In Ezekiel 28:13 the Bible says of the king of Tyre, "You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared." Except the diamond almost all the stones are mentioned.

Answer: Recabite family

In Jeremiah 35 it is mentioned that the Recabite family were commanded by their forefather Jonadab son of Recab to abstain from living what was a normal life then and only to live in tents as nomads, so that they will live a long time in the land.

Answer: Egypt

In the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel the Israelites often turned or fled to Egypt for help in trouble even though they were advised by the Prophets that it would be futile.

Answer: Psalms

The Psalms has 150 chapters, Isaiah has 66 and Jeremiah 52.

Answer: 929

The Old Testament has 39 books with 929 chapters in all as to the New Testament which has 27 books with 260 chapters giving the Bible a sum total of 1189 chapters.

Answer: 73

The Roman Catholic Bible has seven additional books in the Old Testament which are Tobit, Judith, Baruch, Wisdom, Sirach, First Maccabees and Second Maccabees, so instead of 66 books in total it has 73.