Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

Curiosities of the Bible (S-apphira E-nos E-noch S-aul)

4 pages in this part of Curiosities of the Bible.

Curiosities of the Bible

S-apphira.

Curiosities of the Bible: Enigma

KEY TO ENIGMA NO. 112.-" ПOPE THOU IN GOD. ' Il-ebron.

Curiosities of the Bible: O-badiah

KEY TO ENIGMA, NO. 114. -GLORY TO GOD.-Luke ii. 14 1. G-ad. .... ........... 2. L-uz. 3. O-badiah. 4. R-ezin.

Curiosities of the Bible: Esther

Esther vii. 10. .Jer. xxxviii. 7 D-ungeon..

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