Did you know that all the Jews living in one kingdom owed their lives to one girl who chose to endanger her life for them? (see Esther)
Did you know that, as listed in His genealogy, one of Jesus’ recorded ‘ancestors’, Rahab, was a prostitute before she became a heroine by saving the life of Joshua’s spies? (see Joshua 2 and 6)
Did you know that Anna, the widowed prophetess who saw young Jesus in the temple, was already 84 years old when they met? (see Luke 2:36-38)
Did you know that the only female judge of Israel recorded in the Bible, Deborah, judged the tribes under a palm tree? (see Judges 4-5)
Did you know that it was through the relative of a godly man who served as an honoured official under an emperor, that all the Israelites living in that kingdom were saved? (see Esther 2)
Did you know that one of the most famous Christian converts during Jesus’ time was a Roman centurion? (see Acts 10:1-2)
Did you know that one of the greatest rulers of the prodigious Babylon was a man of God? (see Daniel 2:48)
Did you know that the deputy of an entire island, Cyprus, was a Christian convert? (see Acts 13:4-7)
Did you know that a godly Hebrew had to answer God’s call to rule over ungodly Egypt in order to keep the entire nation of Israel from dying from starvation? (Genesis 42:6)
Did you know that the first color mentioned in the Bible is green? “I have given every green herb…” (See Genesis 1:30)
Did you know that the Bible records the longest life a man ever lived to be… 969 years old?! His name was Methuselah. (See Genesis 5:27)
Did you know that the shortest reign by a king of Israel was only seven days? King Zimri died as his palace burned around him. (See 1 Kings 16:15, 18)
Did you know that the celebrated prophet, Elijah, was once branded as “the worst troublemaker in Israel” by a king? (See 1 Kings 18:17)
Did you know that the Bible’s first recorded piggy bank was in the temple at Jerusalem? It was a chest, ordered by King Joash, who had a hole bored in the lid to keep priests from stealing funds. (see 2 Kings 12)
Did you know that the Bible records the first lie as being told by the serpent in the Garden of Eden? (see Genesis 3:4)
Did you know that the Bible’s first recorded twins were Jacob and Esau? (see Genesis 24:23-26)
Did you know that the first daughter mentioned by name in the Bible is Naamah, daughter of Lamech? (see Genesis 4:22)
Did you know that the only man mentioned in the Bible as being naturally bald is Elisha? (see 2 Kings 2:23)
Did you know that the only book in the Bible that mentions God laughing is the Book of Psalms? (see Psalms 2:4, 37:13; 59:8)
Did you know that the first birthday party by a king recorded in the Bible is by Pharaoh, at the time Joseph was in Egypt? (see Genesis 40:20)
Did you know that the first dream mentioned in the Bible is the dream of Abimelech, in which he was told to return Sarah to Abraham? (see Genesis 20:3-8)
Did you know that grapes were the first thing that Noah cultivated after the Great Flood? (See Genesis 9:20)
Did you know that, according to the ancient customs of Israel, a person who wished to transfer property had to publicly remove his shoe and give it to the person to whom he was transferring his property?
Did you know that sheep is the most common animal mentioned throughout the Bible?
Did you know that, as indispensable as garlic has been thru the ages, it is mentioned only once in the Bible? (See Numbers 11:5)
Did you know that the only man mentioned in the Bible as being naturally bald is Elisha? (see 2 Kings 2:23)
Did you know that the only book in the Bible that mentions God laughing is the Book of Psalms? (see Psalms 2:4, 37:13; 59:8)