The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1889-11-28
BIBLE STATISTICS.
Interesting Facts Cleaned From he Old
and New 'restnmenst.

| 1889, nothing further IN tnaI liue was uC
complished until 1609-161O, when th'
Roman Catholics brought out the Doua.
Bible. so called because it was printed a
n city of that name. A year later, II
1911, the English press issued the hlaE
James revision.
The translation of 1911 has remained
the standard up even to this day, not
withstanding the recent revision, th'
merit of which rests almost wholly OF
the fact that shell" was changed tt
"hadcs."
The Bible of oday (Old Testament
contains 80 books, 920 chapters, %, 2l4
verses, 592, 439 words and 2,S3S, lOo let
tcrs.
The New Testament has 81 book ri
chapters, 1907 verses, 1928 wo d'
and 933, $50 letters.
I speaking of the Bible it is general!
understood that we mean the two books
the Old and the New Testament, which,
taken collectively, have &c books, l, l9'
chapters, 81, verses, 773,692 WORDS
and $500, 4SO letters.
The word Lord, or its equivalent, Je.
hovah, occurs 7,G9S times in the Olo
| Testament; or, to be more exact, the
word Lord occurs 1858 times, and the
word Jehovah 5.S45 times.
The Apocrypha (rejected by the Conn'
! Gil of Nice as uninspired, but sometimes
; bound with the inspired portions) con-
! tains IA books 1888 chapters, 10, OS1 YER
ses and 1913, 1S4 words.
! The shortest chapter in the Bible, and
, which is also the middle chapter, is
Psalm III. The middle verse is Psalm
xviii,S.
TIE shortest verse in the Old Testa-
ment Chronicles j, 25; shortest it New
Testament is John xi, 80.
The ninth verse of the eighth chapter
of Esther is the longest verse in the en-
tire work.
The word "aud" occurs 35,543 times
in the Old Testament and the word 're-
verend" but once.
Most commentators, in fact all that
the writer has ever consulted, say that
the word "girl" is to be found but once
between the first chapter of Genesis and
the last chapter of Malichi-in the third
verse of the third chapter of Joel. This,
however. is mistake, which can be
proven by turning to the fifth verse Of
the eighth chapter of Zachariah.
Four verses of the 10th Psalm-the
Ste, 18th 21st AMI 31st-are exactly
alike, and the 30th chapter of Isaiah
and the 10Th chapter of II Kings are
alike.
The above curious facts in regard to
the number of chapters, verses, words
ard letters 10 the Holy Book were ascer-
tanned by the Prince of Granada, heir to
the Spanish Throne, who was for thirty
three years prisoner in the Palace OF
Skulls, Madrid, with no companion ex-
cept. his Bible, which ne faithfully
pe1sed and dissected for the. benefit
rS6re fortunate humanity.
After great deal Of laborious re-
search am enabled to give the follow
ing explanations of obscure Bible
terms:
The cubit, according to Sir Isaac New
ton, was 20,625 English inches.
A fingers breadth was inch.
a span was lnchee.
A sheckel of silver was about 40 cents
of our United States money.
A shekel of gold was $500.
The talent of gold was $13,S09.
The talent of silver was $516,32.
The mite was about 13cents.
The gerham cent.
The farthing 8 cents.
The weights and measures of the same
good old days we're:
The nehpa contained gallons and 3
pints.
The homer rs gallons and pints.
The omer 6 pints.
The bath was the same as the nepha.
The hin was 1 gallon and 2 pints. The
frkin 7 pints and the cups 8 pints.
There are nine books and one psalm
mentioned in the Bible which are now
lost to the world.
The book of Jasher, mentioned in
Joshua x, IL, and II Samuel j, 1S.
The book of lido, the Seer, to which
reference is made twice in II Chronicles
in 80 and xii. Is.
TM prophesies of Ahijah. Sec II
Chronicles x, 20,
The book of Nathan, TIM Prophet. See
az above.
Book of Shemaiah, mentioned in II
Chronicles xii, Is.
Book of Jehu. See II Chronicles
Xxx, 81.
Solomon's five books on natural history,
See III KINGS iy. 31.35.
The Prophecy of Enoch. So !
Jude, ID.
The book of the wars of the Lord. SeL
Numbers xxi, IA. The psalm mentioned
in several places but not found in the
Bible is the 151st.
There are many other curious facts in
regard to the Bible that would interest
the reader, space forbids 'frutber REFER
encc to them here. Enough has been
said to convince anyone of an inquiring
turn of mind that the old Bible is not
the drycst book in the world after
all.--John Wright in St. Louis Repup-
lie.
How One Alliance Office Works.
From the Cotton Plant:
Since the Alliance cotton Office was
opened in Greenville, we have been fire.
quently asked as to how it is working,
and Questions have come from both mer-