Updated November 10, 2026
Here are 50 Bible fun facts in question-and-answer form, each with a reference so you can check it. For example, the shortest book of the Old Testament is Obadiah, with one chapter; the bed of Og, king of Bashan, was made of iron and nine cubits long; and 276 people were on Paul's ship. They are grouped into books and structure, people, numbers and records, and places, objects, and customs, and only include facts you can verify in the biblical text.
Many "Bible fun facts" that circulate online do not hold up: the middle verse of the Bible, how many words it has, or which name is the longest all change with the translation and the language. We left those out. Every fact in this list can be checked by opening your Bible to the reference given, and when something depends on the translation, the answer says so.
The questions work as a challenge in Sunday school, as an opener for a Bible study, in a Bible quiz competition, or just for curious reading. You can print the list as a PDF after a free sign-up, or show it on a screen in presentation mode.
Answer: Obadiah, with a single chapter of 21 verses — Obadiah 1:1-21
Answer: Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude — Philemon 1; 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Jude 1
Answer: Psalms, with 150 — Psalm 150
Answer: Thirteen, from Romans to Philemon — Romans 1:1; Philemon 1
Answer: It is a Hebrew acrostic: three verses for each of the 22 letters of the alphabet — Lamentations 3:1-66
Answer: "Jesus wept"; the record depends on the translation and the language — John 11:35
Answer: Five, and each one ends with a doxology of praise — Psalm 41:13; 72:19; 89:52; 106:48
Answer: "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended" — Psalm 72:20
Answer: Psalm 18, which is the song in 2 Samuel 22 — Psalm 18; 2 Samuel 22
Answer: Psalm 14 and Psalm 53 — Psalm 14; Psalm 53
Answer: Isaiah 36-39, which tell the story of Hezekiah as 2 Kings 18:13-20:19 — Isaiah 36-39; 2 Kings 18:13-20:19
Answer: Jonah: "Should not I spare Nineveh...?" — Jonah 4:11
Surprising details about people in the Bible.
Answer: Abraham — 2 Chronicles 20:7; James 2:23
Answer: 127 years old — Genesis 23:1-2
Answer: A giant of Gath, a descendant of the giants, with twenty-four fingers and toes in all — 2 Samuel 21:20; 1 Chronicles 20:6
Answer: It was made of iron and was nine cubits long and four cubits wide — Deuteronomy 3:11
Answer: Jubal — Genesis 4:21
Answer: Tubal-cain — Genesis 4:22
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar — Daniel 4:33-34
Answer: Isaiah — Isaiah 20:2-3
Answer: Ezekiel — Ezekiel 4:4-5
Answer: Solomon — 1 Kings 10:18
Answer: Deborah — Judges 4:4-5
Answer: James, the brother of John, killed with the sword by Herod — Acts 12:1-2
Answer: Absalom, David's son — 2 Samuel 14:25-26
Answer: Moses — Numbers 12:3
Answer: Six cubits and a span, about nine feet nine inches, according to the Hebrew text; some ancient manuscripts say four cubits — 1 Samuel 17:4
Answer: Seven hundred wives who were princesses and three hundred concubines — 1 Kings 11:3
Answer: Three thousand proverbs and 1,005 songs — 1 Kings 4:32
Answer: Seven years for the temple and thirteen years for his house — 1 Kings 6:38; 7:1
Answer: Manasseh, who reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem — 2 Kings 21:1
Answer: Zimri — 1 Kings 16:15
Answer: Seven hundred chosen men — Judges 20:16
Answer: Three hundred cubits long, fifty wide, and thirty high — Genesis 6:15
Answer: Eight: Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives — Genesis 7:13; 1 Peter 3:20
Answer: One hundred years old — Genesis 21:5
Answer: About one hundred twenty — Acts 1:15
Answer: Two hundred seventy-six — Acts 27:37
Answer: Gopher wood — Genesis 6:14
Answer: The tablets of the covenant, a golden urn holding manna, and Aaron's staff that budded; by Solomon's time only the tablets were left — Hebrews 9:4; 1 Kings 8:9
Answer: Sea of Galilee, Lake of Gennesaret, Sea of Tiberias, and in the Old Testament, Chinnereth — Matthew 4:18; Luke 5:1; John 6:1; Numbers 34:11
Answer: Because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth — Genesis 11:9
Answer: Hebrew, Latin, and Greek — John 19:19-20
Answer: Field of Blood — Acts 1:18-19
Answer: Objects the high priest carried in the breastpiece of judgment, used to seek God's guidance — Exodus 28:30; Numbers 27:21
Answer: Small boxes with passages of the law, worn on the forehead and arm, based on Deuteronomy 6:8 — Matthew 23:5; Deuteronomy 6:8
Answer: Liberty was proclaimed, and everyone returned to his property and to his family — Leviticus 25:10-13
Answer: To protect a person who killed someone unintentionally until he could stand trial — Numbers 35:11-12; Joshua 20:2-3
Answer: From "pur," the lot that Haman cast to destroy the Jews — Esther 9:24-26
Answer: A Sabbath day's journey — Acts 1:12
Open the meeting with a Bible activity and close with the questions from this list. Each page has step-by-step instructions, a key verse and a variation for your group.
The shortest book of the Old Testament is Obadiah, with one chapter; Psalms has the most chapters (150); the bed of Og was made of iron and nine cubits long; and 276 people were on Paul's ship. This list collects 50 facts like these, each with a reference.
Because it depends on how verses are counted and on the translation. This list only includes facts you can verify in the text with a reference.
Read them as questions and let the group guess before you give the answer, then open the reference together. They work as icebreakers, a weekly challenge in Sunday school, or a special round in a Bible quiz.
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