Curiosities of the Bible

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.

Scripture Enigma

4 pages in this part of Curiosities of the Bible.

Scripture Enigma

SCRIPTURE ENIGMA, No. 59 In every clime, through every age, In history's eventful page.

Scripture Enigma: Israel

Nos. 3, 4, 5, 9, 2, 10- He last the sceptre wielded, Ere Israel's throne was humbled to the dust; A king who vainly did in Egypt trust, And…

Scripture Enigma: Judah

Behold his name completed, Who reigned in Ahab's days on David's throne; By whom his righteous father's ways were shown, And Judah's foes…

Scripture Enigma: Christian

By these initials you will plainly see, To live like Christ, unselfish we must be.

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