CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1264, 21 May 1896, Page 11

CURIOSITIES OF THE BIBLE.

PERSONS, PLACES AND THINGS. Who was the first person who died a natural death? —Adam. Gen. v., 5. Who were the first women who demanded their rights?—Mahlah, Noah, lloglah, Milcali and Tirzah. Nuni.xxvii., 1,4. By whom was tho first land purchased ? —Abraham. Gen. xxiii., 15, 4, IG, 18. Who erected the first monument to the memory of the dead ?—Jacob, at the grave of Rachel Gen. xxxv., 20. Who offered the first recorded prayer ? Abraham. Gen. xvii., 18. Who was tho first to commit suicide, and how ? —Saul, by falling on his sword. 1. Sam., xxxi., -1-.

When and by whom were temperance societies first formed? —B.C. 007 years. By children of Kecliub. Jer. xxxv., 1, 11. Where is the first mention of “ liqiiois ?” Ex. xxii., 2M. Who wore the first bridal veil ?—Rebekah. Gen. xxiv., Gl, Go. Where is the first mention of a library ? —Tho house of tho rolls or Looks, the I king’s library. Ezra vi., 1. j Mho is the only woman mentioned in the Uhl Testament whoso age is given ?- — Sarah, 127 years old. Men. xxiii., 1. What criminal in his confession said, “ I I saw, 1 coveted, ! took ?”—Aclian. Josh, vii., 21. Who built a monument injtlie middle of a river, and why ?—.Joshua, in Jordan, as a memorial of (lod’s deliverance. Josh, iv.,!). Who said, “ Be sure your sin will find you out ?” —Moses. Num. x.xxii , 22. Who was it that watched a woman’s mouth to see if she was praying?—Eli. I. Sam. i., 12. What child’s mother, father, grandfather and uncle died about the same time?—Tie child Ichabod. I. Sam. iv., 17, 22. W hat king feigned insanity in an enemy's country ?—David. I. Sam. xxi., 12, 12. Who was very near being killed for eatingj a little honey ?—Jonathan. I. Sam. xiv., 24, 27, 43, 45. Who in speaking of himself said, “ Such a dead dog as I am ?”—Mephibosheth. 11. Sam. ix., 8. Who hanged himself when ho saw his advice was not taken ? —Ahithophel. 11. Sam. xvii., 22. What king was declared by his people to bo worth ten thousands of them ?—David. 11. Sam. xviii.j 3. What is tho shortest song in tho Bible ? —The song at tho well. Num, xxi., 17, 18.

What king is mentioned as having an iron bedstead ?—Og, King of Bashan. Deut. iii., 11. What is tho shortest verso in the Old Testament?—Eber, Peleg, Itew. I. Chron. i., 25. What verse in the Bible contains all t-lio letters of the alphabet, except “ J ?”—See Ezra vii., 21.

What wicked king, while attempting to escape, became entangled among thorns and was captured?—Mannasseli, King of Judah. 11. Chron. xxxiii., 11. After wliat great battle was it that the men of Judah were three days in carrying the spoils of their enemies ?—After the battle against the [Moabites and Amorites. 11. Chron.'xx., 25. What is the longest verso in the Bible? See Esther viii., 9. What is the middle chapter in tho Bible ? —The one hundred and seventeenth psalm. Wliat is the longest chapter in tho Bible ?—Tho and nineteenth psalm. What food is declared to have been eaten by travellers ?■—AngePs. Psalms, Ixxviii., 25. What sentence composed of three words appears no less than twenty-five times in one book of thojißible, and forms tho chief thought of it ?—“ All is vanity.” Ecclesiastes. What isTlie Bible’s list of ajlady’s wardrobe ?—Suits of apparel, rings, etc. Isa. iii., 18, 22. Wherein tho Bible do wo find tho mention of “ boy ” and “girl” in the same verse twice? —In Joel iii., 2 ; Zecli. viii., 5. On what occasion did God forbid all funeral pomp and grief ? At tho death of prophet Ezekiel’s wife. Ezolc. xxiv., 15, IS. What biscuit of modern use is mentioned in the Bible? —Cracknels. I. Kings, xiv., 3. How many instances have wo in the Bible of persons fasting forty days and forty nights?—Threo; Jesus in the wilderness, Moses on Horob, and Elijah near Herein Matt, iv., 2; Ex. xx., 28 ; t. Kings, xix., 8.

How long was Hie temple building, and in wliat year was it commenced ? —Seven years, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign. T. Kings, vi., 38. Where is it recorded that a whole army was smitten with blindness?—The Syrian army at Dothan. 11. Kings, vi., 18. (Junto tho exact words of tho oldest letter recorded in tho Scriptures?—“Set ye Uriah in the forefront of tho hottest battle and retire yo from him, that he may be smitten and die.” 11. Sam. xi., 15. What was tho weight of Absalom’s annual growth of hair ? —Two hundred shekels weight (six pounds). 11. Sam. xiv., 2G.

Where in the Bible is the only reference to a ferryboat found? —See 11. Sam. xix.,

What army fled in confusion when none pursued ?—Assyrian army. 11. Kings, vii., 3-9. —Selected from “ Curiosities of tho Bible,” published by E. B. Treat, Now York.