13 and more people in the Bible with alternative names

1. Abram became Abraham (less dramatially Sara became Sarah) (Genesis 17)

2. Jacob became Israel (Genesis

3. Jsoeph was called Zaphenath-Paneach by Pharaoh (Genesis

4. Moses' father-in-law is referred to both as Reuel and as Jethro (Exodus 2:18; 3:1)

5. Gideon was nick-named Jerub-Baal (Judges)

6. Naomi wanted to be known as Mara (Ruth 1)

7. Uzziah the king is alos referred to as Azariah

8. Eliakim the king was renamed Jehoiakim by Pharaoh Neco (2 Kings 23:34)

9. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were called Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego by Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 1)

10. Hadassah was known as Esther (Esther 2)

11. Simon the disciple was nicknamed Cephas or Peter by Jesus,  both meaning “rock”

12. Joseph was nicjnamed Barnabas, son of encouragement

13. Saul of Tarsus became known as Paul, probably his Roman name

5 never in you agains from Revelation 18:21-24

21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.

22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters, will never be heard in you again.

No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again.

The sound of a millstone will never be heard in you again.

23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again.

The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again.

Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.

24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”

13 commands to praise God from earth in Psalm 148

Psalm 148:7-14

7 Praise the LORD from the earth,

you great sea creatures

and all ocean depths,

8 lightning and hail, 

snow and clouds,

stormy winds that do his bidding,

you mountains and all hills,

fruit trees and all cedars,

10 wild animals and all cattle,

small creatures and flying birds,

11 kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,

12 young men and women,

old men

and children.

13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above the earth and the heavens. 14 And he has raised up for his people a horn, the praise of all his faithful servants, of Israel, the people close to his heart. Praise the LORD.

5 commands to praise God in heaven in Psalm 148

Psalm 148:1-5

Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights above.

2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

3 Praise him, sun and moon;

praise him, all you shining stars.

4 Praise him, you highest heavens

and you waters above the skies.

5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for at his command they were created, 6 and he established them for ever and ever - he issued a decree that will never pass away.

9 Precious stones that adorned the King of Tyre, Ezekiel 28:13

You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you:

carnelian,

chrysolite

and emerald,

topaz,

onyx

and jasper,

lapis lazuli,

turquoise

and beryl.

Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.

10 Fathers with wicked sons

1. NOAH … had Ham (judged for sexual sin) and two other sons (not praised)
2. ABRAHAM … had Ishmael (scornful rebel unbeliever) and six other sons (not praised)
3. ISAAC … Esau was a fool and a reprobate, his twin Jacob had his own issues but came to faith
4. ELI … God’s high priest did not stop his two terrible sons from acting wickedly
5. SAMUEL … saw Eli’s parenting faults and judgment but had two sons much like Eli’s
6. DAVID … the man after God’s own heart had no known faithful children except Solomon who backslid
7. SOLOMON … the man who wrote much about child training had no known good children
8. JOTHAM … the son of Uzziah was a good king but his son Ahaz was a very wicked king
9. HEZEKIAH … one of Judah’s best kings had the worst king of Judah as his son – Manasseh
10. JOSIAH ... None of his sons appear to have been godly

3 References to left-handed Benjaminites

Several have pointed out that the only references to left-handed people in the Bible are to people from the tribe of Benjamin, whose name ironically means, son of my right hand. The refernces are positive not pejorative.

Judges 3:15 Ehud Again the Israelites cried out to the LORD, and he gave them a deliverer - Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

Judges 700 Benjaminite specialists 20:16 Among all these soldiers there were seven hundred select troops who were left-handed, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

1 Chronicles 12:1, 2 Relatives of Saul who served David These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle;  they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin):

3 -examples from the Old Testament (Wisdom Books and Major Prophets)

1. Proverbs 30:15 "The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':
2. Proverbs 30:18 "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: ...
3. Proverbs 30:21 "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: ...
4. Proverbs 30:29 "There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing: ...
5. Ecclesiastes 4:12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
6. Isaiah 16:14 But now the LORD says: "Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab's splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble."
7. Isaiah 20:3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
8. Ezekiel 14:14-18  even if these three men - Noah, Daniel and Job -were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness, declares the Sovereign LORD. ... as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be desolate. ... as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, even if these three men were in it, they could not save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved.
9. Daniel 1:5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service.
10. Daniel 3:23 and these three men, firmly tied, fell into the blazing furnace. Dan_3:24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, "Weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied, "Certainly, Your Majesty."

3 - examples from the Old Testament (Daniel Amos Jonah)

 

1. Three times daily Daniel prayed in Daniel 6:10, 13 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. Dan_6:13 Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day."
2. Three weeeks Daniel mourned in Daniel 10:2, 3 At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
3. Three kings prophesied in Daniel 11:2 Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
4. Three sins, even four mentioned in Amos 1:3, 6 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, ... This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom, ....
5. Three sins, even four mentioned in Amos 1:9, 11 This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not relent. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, ... This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, ....
6. Three sins, even four mentioned in Amos 1:13 This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
7. Three sins, even four mentioned in Amos 2:1 This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom's king, ... 
8. Three sins, even four mentioned in Amos 2:4, 6 This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed, ... 6 This is what the LORD says: For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
9. Three days and three nights, the time Jonah was in the huge fish, Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
10. Three days - the time it took to go round Ninevaeh, Jonah 3:3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.

5 wise sorts of people not to listen to in Jeremiah 27:9

Jeremiah 27:9

So do not listen to

your prophets,

your diviners,

your interpreters of dreams,

your mediums or

your sorcerers

who tell you, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon. '

8 or more peoples who plot together against Israel in Psalm 83

Psalm 83:5-8

With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you - 

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

of Moab and the Hagrites,

Byblos,

Ammon

and Amalek,

Philistia,

with the people of Tyre.

Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.

3 - even more examples again from the Old Testament

 

1. Three sons of Jesse's sister Zeruiah (Abishai, Joab and Asahel). 1 Chronicles 2:16
2. Three sons of Benjamin (Bela, Beker and Jediael). 1 Chronicles 7:6
3. Three sons of Saul who all died together 1 Chronicles 10:6.
4. Three of the thirty chiefs came down to David to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. They broke through the Philistine lines, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem and carried it back to David who refused to drink it, pouring it out to the LORD. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors. Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three and was doubly honoured above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them. 1 Chroonicles 12:15-25
5. Three months is the length of time the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house leading to blessing. 1 Chronciles 13:14
6. Three options are the mumber given to David when God punished him for numbering the people -he was told to choose one of them - three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the LORD - days of plague in the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel. He chose the third. 1 Chronicles 21
7. Three daughters is the number of daughters born to Heman 1 Chronicles 25:5
8. Three days was the length of the fast for Esther before she went in to the king to make her request for her people Esther 4:16
9. Three is the number of daughters Job had at the beginning of his story Job 1:1
10. Three is the number of daughters more he is given at the end (Keziah, Jemimah and Keren-Happuch) Job 42:13

(Three is also the number of Job's friends)

3 - even more examples from the Old Testament

 

1. Three times a year was the number of times Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense before the LORD along with them, and so fulfilling his temple obligations. 1 kings 9:25
2. Three years was the time between each return of Solomon's fleet of trading ships carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons. 1 Kings 10:22
3. Three days is the length of time Rehoboam gave himself to respond to the people who wanted to know his future policy 1 Kings 12:5, 12
4. Three years is the length of time Abijah reigned in Jerusalem 1 Kings 15:2
5. Three times is the number of time Elijah stretched himself out on the dead boy to raise him to life 1 Kings 17:21
6. Three days is the length of time the fifty looked for Elijah after he was take up to heaven 2 Kings 2:17
7. Three times is the number of times King Jehoash struck the ground with the arrows just before Elisha died, meaning only three victories over Aram 2 Kings 13:18, 19, 25
8. Three years is the length of time Jehoiakim was vassal to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon after he invaded the land before Jehoiakim rebelled. 2 Kings 24:1
9. Three months is the length of time Jehoiachin reigned in Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:8
10. Three is the number of sons born to Judah by a Canaanite woman, who was daughter to Shua. Their names - Er, Onan and Shelah. 1 Chronicles 1:24

10 Things the father did for his younger son in Luke 15

Luke 15:20-24

So he got up and went to his father.

But while he was still a long way off,

his father saw him

and was filled with compassion for him;

he ran to his son,

threw his arms around him

and kissed him.

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants,

‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him.

Put a ring on his finger

and sandals on his feet.

Bring the fattened calf and kill it.

Let’s have a feast and celebrate.

For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

3 men who sacrificed their sons to false gods

Sacrificing children to false gods was common in the pagan nations of the anceint near east, and was copied by the Israelites. The Smaartians also engaged in this repulsive sin. Three individuals are identified as engaging in the practice as follows

A King of Moab

2 Kings 3:27 Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.

Ahaz

2 Kings 16:3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Chronicles 28:3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

Manasseh

2 Kings 21:6 He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

2 Chronicles 33:6 He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

Also there is Jephthah in Judges, which is different, and Abraham, of course, in Genesis 22 but that is again quite a different story.

5 - some more examples from the Old Testament

 

1. Five smooth stones is the number chosen by David from the stream and put in his shepherd's bag when going to fight Goliath, 1 Samuel 17:40 
2. Five female servants is the number of servants who attended Abigail when she went with David's messengers to become his wife, 1 Samuel 25:42
3. Five years old is Mephibosheth's age, when he fell from his nurse's arms and became disabled. 2 Samuel 4:4
4. Five cubits was the length of one wing of each cherub over the ark in Solomon's Temple. It was also the height of the capital on top of each pillar there and of the Sea of cast metal. 1 Kiings 6:24, 7:16, 23, etc
5. Five stands with basins were placed on the south side of the temple and five on the north, 1 Kings 7:39, etc
6. Five gold lampstands were placed on the right and on the left of the Temple 1 Kings 7:49, etc
7. Five tables were oplaced on the north and south in Solomon's Temple, 2 Chronicles 4:8, etc
8. Five sons is the number of sons of Judah and Zerah 1 Chronicles 2:4, 6;
9. And also Uzzi and Bela, 1 Chronicles 7:3, 7
10. |Five cubits square was the size of the platform Solomon used to pray from at the opening of the Temple, 2 Chronicles 6:13

5 - some examples from the Old Testament

1. Five kings fought against 4 in Genesis 14 (the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim and Bela, that is, Zoar)
2. Five times what his brothers were served, that is what Benjamin was served by Joseph in Genesis 43:34 (Joseph later gave him (Gen 45:22) three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
3. Five brothers were presented to Pharaoh by Jospeh, Genesis 47:2.
4. Five cubits long and wide is the size of the altar of burnt offering, Exodus 38:1
5. Five shekels in silver was the redemption price payable for each of the first born aged one month, Numbers 3:47, 18:16
6. Five kings of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba) were put to death by the Israelites Numbers 31:8
7. Five kings of the Amorites (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and Eglon) joined forces and attacked Gibeon but were opposed by Israel and ended up fleeing and hiding in the cave at Makkedah. Joshua found them and had them put to death and exposed their bodies on five poles, and they were left hanging on the poles until evening. Joshua 10:5, 16, 17, 22, 23
8. Five cities were ruled over by Philistines and are often mentioned (Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron). See Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3,  etc.
9. Five leading Danites were sent to spy out and explore new territory in the north. They stole Micah's idol and ephod. Judges 18:2, 7, 14, 17, 18
10. Five gold tumours and five gold rats were left as a guilt offering by the five Philistine rulers, 1 Samuel 6:4, 16, 18 when they captured the ark of the covenant

3 - some more examples from the Old Testament

1. Three days is the length of time after making the treaty with the Gibeonites that the Israelites heard that they were neighbours, living near them. (Joshua 9:16)
2. Three sons is the number of sons of Anak the giant in Hebron driven out by Caleb - Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai (Joshua 15:14, Judges 1:20)
3. Three men from each tribe were sent to make a survey of the land and write a description of it, according to the inheritance of each (Joshua 18:4)
4. Three companies blew the trumpets and smashed the jars, under Gideon, grasping the torches in their left hands and holding in their right hands the trumpets they were to blow and shouting, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" (Judges 7:20)
5. Three men it is said will meet the newly anointed Saul at the great tree of Tabor, he is told. Going up to worship God at Bethel, one would be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. (1 Samuel 10:3)
6. Three arrows are the number David says he will shoot when arranging things with Jonathan 1Sa_20:20
7. Three times is the number of times David bowed down before Jonathan, with his face to the ground as they kissed each other and wept together before parting (1 Samuel 20:41)
8. Three is the number of David's special warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, Eleazar son of Dodai the Ahohite and Shammah, the son of Agee the Harʹarite (2 Samuel 23)
9. Three months is the length of time the ark remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite (2 Samuel 6:11)
10. Three options is the number given by God to David in  through Gad - three years of famine or three months of fleeing from his enemies while they pursue him or three days of plague in his land (2 Samuel 24)

(Also three divisions is the number into which Saul separated his men when attacking the Ammonites and slaughtering them, 1 Samuel 11:11)

3 - some examples from the Old Testament

1. Three men (or angels or whatever) meet Abraham in Genesis 18
2. Three is prominent in the dreams of the chief baker and cupbearer to Pharaoh interpreted by Joseph. The cupbearer dreams of a vine with three branches on it signifying three days, the time in which Pharaoh would lift up his head and restore him to his position. The baker dreams of three baskets of bread, again standing for three days, the time in which Pharaoh would lift off his head and impale his body on a pole. (Genesis 40)
3. Thee days is the lengh of time Joseph imprisons his brothers in Egypt (Genesis 42:17)
4. Three months was Moses' age when his parents hid him (Exodus 2:2)
5. Three days is the length of time the plague of darkness lasted (Exodus 10:22, 23)
6. Three things that must be provided - (Exodus 21:11)
7. Three times a year Jewish men were to cebrate festivals to God at the Temple (Exodus 23:14, 17, 34:23, 24)
8. Three years is the length of time a tree was to be considered forbidden on entering the Promised Land (Leviticus 19:23)
9. Three times is the number of times Balaam beat his donkey when it refused to move (Numbers 22)
10. Three years was the gap between each gathering of tithes in ancient Israel (Deuteronomy 4:28)

3 things carved on the doors of Solomon's temple according to 1 Kings 6:32

1 Kings 6:32

And on the two olive-wood doors he carved

cherubim,

palm trees

and open flowers

 and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

7 men chosen to be 'deacons' in Acts 6

Acts 6:6, 7

This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose 

Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;

also Philip,

Procorus,

Nicanor,

Timon,

Parmenas,

and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. 

40, 50, 60 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Forty days and forty nights is the length of time Jesus fasted in the wilderness (Matthew 4:2, etc)
2. Forty days is also the length of time Jesus presented himself to the disciples after his resurrection giving many convincing proofs he was alive and speaking about the kingdom of God. (Acts 1:3)
3. Forty years old and perhaps more is the age of the man in Acts healed by Peter (Acts 4:22)
4. Forty is the number of men involved ina plot to kill Paul mentioned in Acts 23 (Acts 23:13, 41)
5. Forty lashes minus one is the number of lashes Paul received five times (2 Corinthians 11:24)
6. Fifty denarii is the amount owed by the man i the parable in Luke 7 (Luke 7:41)
7. Fifty were in each group that sat to be fed when Jesus fed the 5000 (Luke 9:14)
8. Fifty years old is the age the Jews say Jesus cannot be  in John 8:57.
9. Fifty thousand drachmas is the etimated cost of the scrolls burnedpublicly (Acts 19:19)
10. Sixty is the age a widow had to be before being placed on the liist Paul speaks of (1 Timothy 5:9)

4 members of the high priest's family listed in Acts 4:6

Acts 4:6

Annas the high priest was there

and so were Caiaphas,

John,

Alexander

and others of the high priest’s family.

4 things the people devoted themselves to in Acts 2:42

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to

the apostles’ teaching

and to fellowship,

to the breaking of bread

and to prayer.

12 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Twelve years is the length of time the woman subject to bleeding went before being healed by Jesus when she touched him (Matthew 9:20)
2. Twelve is the number of disciples or apostles of Jesus (Matthew 10:1-5, 11:1, etc)
3. Twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over is the number of basketfuls picked up after the feeding of the 5000 (Matthew 14:20, etc)
4. Twelve legions of angels and more is the number of legions Jesus says he could call on to be at his disposal if he wished (Matthew 26:53)
5. Twelve years old is the age of Jairus's daughter who Jesus raised from the dead (Mark 5:42)
6. Twelve years old is the age Jesus was when he and his family firsy went up to the festival, according to the custom (Luke 2:42)
7. Twelve hours is the time of delight Jesus speaks of when a person will not not stumble but see by this world's light (John 11:9)
8. Twelve gates are the number of gates of the New Jerusaem each made of a single pearl with twelve angels at the gatesand on them written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. (Revelation 21:12, 21)
9. Twelve foundations are under the New Jerusaoelm, and on them are the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (Revelation 21:14)`
10. Twelve crops of fruit are the number borne by the tree of life in Paradise, a ctop every month  (Revelation 22:2)

(Also, twelve is the number of the men in Ephesus who were baptised and received the Spirit (Acts 19:17) and twelve stars form a crown that is seen on the head of the woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet in Revelation 12)

10 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Ten disciples are indignant with James and John when they make a bid for glory (Matthew 20:24)
2. Ten virgins are in a parable at the beginning of Matthew 25
3. Ten bags of gold feature in another parable in Matthew 25
4. Ten silver coins are said to belong to a woman who loses one and has to search for it (Luke 15)
5. Ten lepers are healed by Jesus in Luke 17
6. Ten servants are given ten minas and told to put the money to work in a parable. One makes ten more from the one he is given and is put in charge of ten cities (Luke 19)
7. Ten days is the symbolic length of time the church in Smyrna is told it will suffer peresecution (Revelation 2:10)
8. Ten horns are the number of horns the great red dragon has (Revelation 12:3)
9. Ten horns are also the number of horns of the beast, horns with crowns on them, and on each head a blasphemous name (Revelation 13:1)
10. Ten horns are also found on the scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names on which a woman sat, ten horns that are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast. (Revelation 17)

7 - some examples from Revelation

1. Seven churches in Asia (Revelation 1-3)
2. Seven spirits that are before Christ's throne also described as seven lamps (Revelation 1:11, 3:1, 4:5)
3. Seven golden lampstands, representing the churches and among which Jesus walks (Revelation 1:12, etc)
4. Seven stars held in Christ's right hand, representing the angels of the churches (Revelation 1:16, 20)
5. Seven seals on the scroll opened by the Lamb (Revelation 5:1, 5)
6. Seven horns and eyes, the number the Lamb has and that are the seven spirits (Reveltaion 5:6)
7. Seve trumpets blown by seven angeels (Revelation 8:2, 6)
8. Seven thunders that spoke and whose words were not recorded (Revelation 10:3, 4)
9. Seven heads with seven crowns are the number on the great red dragon and seven heads with no crowns the number on the beast (Revelation 12:3, 13:1)
10. Seven plagues in seven bowls full of God's wrath poured out on earth by seven angels (Revelation 15:1, 6-8, 16:1, 17:1)

(Seven heads are also found on the beast the woman rides. These are seven hills and seven kings, five already fallen (Revelation 17:3, 7-11))

7 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Seven loaves (and a few small fish) are used by Jesus to feed the four thousand and a few basketfuls of left overs remain (Matthew 15, etc)
2. Seven times is the number of times in a day a person may sin against us and if they repent we are to forgive them (Luke 17:4, see also Matthew 18:21, 22)
3. Seven brothers are the number suggested by the sceptical Sadducees who marry the same woman in Matthew 22, etc.
4. Seven demons are the number that came out of Mary Magdalene (Luke 8:2; Mark 16:9)
5. Seven years is the length of time Anna the prophet was married before she became a widow (Luke 2:36)
6. Seven men are the number of men chosen by the early believers to be responsible for practical matters (Acts 6)
7. Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, are the ones who were casting out demons in the name of Jesus and Paul (Acts 19:14)
8. Seven days is the length of time Paul stayed in Troas in Acts 20:6
9. Seven days is also the length of time Paul spent in Tyre in Acts 21:4 
10. Seven days is the time Paul had been in Jerusalem when some Jews from the province of Asia saw him at the temple and stirred up the whole crowd and seized him (Acts 21:27)

5 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Five loaves of bread (and two fish) are what Jesus used to feed the 5000 (Matthew 14, etc)
2. Five virgins were foolish and five were wise in the parable Jesus told (Matthew 25:2)
3. Five bags of gold are the most bags given to the man in the parable Jesus told and who gained five bags more (Matthew 25)
4. Five months - the period Elizabeth remained in seclusion after she became pregnant with John (Luke 1:24)
5. Five sparrows could be bought for two pennies in Jesus's day (Luke 12:6)
6. Five are in the family Jesus speaks of being divided against each other, three against two and two against three (Luke 12:52)
7. Five yoke of oxen are the number purchased by the man who is on his way to try them out and so cannot follow Jesus (Luke 14:19)
8. Five brothers are the number the rich man had and who he wanted warned so that they would not end up in Hades like him (Luke16:28)
9. Five husbands is the number the Samaritan woman had before living with a man who was not her husband (John 4:18)
10. Five covered colonnades surround the pool called Bethesda where the blind man was healed (John 5:2)

(Also, five intelligible words are the number Paul would prefer to speak over ten thousand in a tongue (1 Corinthians 14:19) and five times is the number of times Paul received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one (2 Corinthians 11:24). In Revelation five months is the length of time allowed for torture (Revelation 9:5) and Five kings have fallen of seven (Revelation 17:10))

4 - some more examples from the New Testament

1. Four men who had made a vow are mentioned in Acts 21 (Acts 21:23) 
2. Four anchors were dropped from the ship that took Paul to Rome (Acts 27:29) 
3. Four living creatures are mentione in Revelation 4-6, etc
4. Four horses with riders appear when the first four seals of the seven are opened (Revelation 6)
5. Four angels are seen standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree in Revelation 7
6. Four markers are used to describe the multitiude who are saved, they are from every nation, tribe, people and language (Revelation 7:9) 
7. Four horns on the golden altar are referenced in Revelation  9:13
8. Four angels previously bound are released to kill a third of mankind in Revelation 9
9. The four corners of the earth are where people will be gathered from for the great battle (Revelation 20:8)
10. Four sides are found to the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:6)

4 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Four drachmas is the worth of the coin Peter found in a fish's mouth when he was directed to catch one by Jesus (Matthew 17:27)
2. Four winds is from where the angels will gather the elect in due time (Matthew 24:31, etc)
3. Four men carried a paralysed man to Jesus, a man he forgave and healed (Mark 2:3)
4. Four times the amount is what Zacchaeus agreed to pay back to anyone he had cheated (Luke 19:8)
5. Four days is the time Lazarus was in the grave before Jesus raised him (John 11)
6. Four shares is the number of shares into which Jesus's garments were divided by the soldiers who crucified him (John 19:23) 
7. Four squads of four soldiers each guarded Peter after his arrest by Herod (Acts 12:4) 
8. Four unmarried daughters of Philip prophesied (Acts 21:9)
9. Four men who had made a vow are mentioned in Acts 21 (Acts 21:23) 
10. Four anchors were dropped from the ship that took Paul to Rome (Acts 27:29)

(Also, Four unmarried daughters of Philip prophesied (Acts 21:9))

3 ways God spoke in the Old Testament according to 1 Samuel 28:6

1 Samuel 28:6

He (Saul) inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him

by dreams

or Urim

or prophets.

2 - some more examples from the New Testament

1. Two men dressed in white who suddenly stood beside the disciples at the ascension (Acts 1:10)
2. Two men (Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias) who were nominated as possible replacements for Judas (Acts 1:23)
3. Two men who were sent from Joppa to Lydda to ask Peter to come to them (Acts 9:38)
4. Two soldiers who were either side of Peter, bound with two chains, the night before he was due for trial (Acts 12:6)
5. Two years is the length of time Paul peached in Ephesus, lecturing in the Hall of Tyrannus (Acts 19:10)
6. Two hours is the length of time they shouted in unison in Ephesus "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" (Acts 19:34)
7. Two years is the length of time Paul was in prison until Porcius Festus replaced Felix as governor (Acts 24:27)
8. Two years is the length of time Paul stayed in his own rented house in Rome, welcoming all who came to see him (Acts 28:30)
9. Two groups (Jews and Gentiles) now one, the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, being destroyed through Christ (Ephesians 2:14, 15)
10. Two witnesses mentioned in Revelation 11, who are also "the two olive trees" and the two lampstands and who stand before the Lord of the earth (Revelation 11:3, 4) 

2 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Two demon possessed men delivered by Jesus in Gadara (Matthew 8:28)
2. Two blind men healed by Jesus (Matthew 9:27) and another two later (Matthew 20:30)
3. Two sons in the parables of the two sent to work in the vineyard and of the prodigal son (Matthew 21, Luke 15) and two men who went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector (Luke 17)
4. Two by two - how the disciples were sent out on mission (Mark 6:7, etc)
5. Two disciples sent to get the donkey for Jesus to ride on (Luke 19:29, etc) and two sent to prepare the upper room (Mark 14:13, etc)
6. Two denarii, the money left with the innkeeper by the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:35) and two very small copper coins put into the collection by a poor widow (Luke 21:2, etc)
7. Two people referred to in reference to his coming - two people will be in one bed and one taken and the other left; two women grinding grain together and one taken and the other left and two men in the fields too. (Luke 17, etc).
8. Two swords - the number of weapons the disciples had near the time of Jesus's arrest (Luke 22:38)
9. Two criminals were crucified either side of Jesus (John 19:18, etc)
10. Two angels who sat where Jesus' body had been, one at the head, one at the foot (John 20:12)

(Also, two days - the time Jesus stayed with the Samaritans and that he waited before going to Lazarus (John 4:40, 11:6))

3 - some more examples from the New Testament

1. Three times is the number of times Peter saw the vision of the animals (Acts 10:16, etc)

2. Three days is the period Paul was blind after his conversion (Acts 9)

3. Three months is the period Paul preached fearlessly in Ephesus (Acts 19:8)

4. Three months is the period Paul spent in Greece after leaving Ephesus (Acts 19:3)

5. Three months is also the period Paul stayed in Malta en route to Rome (Acts 28:11)

6. Three days is the time Paul spent in Syracuse en route to Rome (Acts 28:12)

7. Three shipwrecks were part of the sufferings of the Apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 11:28)

8. Three times Paul prayed for the “thorn in the flesh” to be removed (2 Corinthians 12:7, 8)

9. Three years is the time Paul spent in Arabia (Galatians 1:18)

10. Three virtues remain (1 Corinthians 13:1)

(Also there are three gates on each side of the heavenly Jerusalem (Revelation). Note too that God is a Trinity and is referred to as the one the one who is, who was and who will be (Revelaion 1:8). Also, the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2)

3 - some examples from the New Testament

1. Three months is the period Mary stayed with her relative before John and Jesus were born (Luke 1:56)

2. Three gifts were given to Jesus by the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12)

3. Three days is the time it took for Jesus's parents to find him again after losing him in Jerusalem (Luke 2:46)

4. Three temptations came to Christ in the wilderness each answered with a Scripture (Matthew 4:1-11, etc)

6. Three years is probably the period of Jesus's ministry. This is the period mentioned in the parable of the unfruitful fig tree (Luke 13:3)

7. Three shelters is the number of shelters Peter planned erecting on the mount of transfiguration (Matthew 17:4, etc)

8. Three times is the number of times Peter denied his Lord as predicted and as echoed in his later restoration (John 18, etc)

9. Three crosses were used to crucify Jesus and the criminals either side of him (Matthew 27:38, etc)

10. Three days and three nights* is the period that Jesus was in the tomb as prophesied (Matthew 12:40, 25:81, 27:40, 63, etc)

(Also, three witnesses are mentioned by Jesus in connection with meeting in his name (Matthew 18:18, 20)

*The expression does not mean 72 hours but a whole day and night plus parts of the others before and after

6 questions asked about Jesus in Nazareth as recorded in Mark 6

Mark 6;1-3

Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.

“Where did this man get these things?” they asked.

“What’s this wisdom that has been given him?

What are these remarkable miracles he is performing?

Isn’t this the carpenter?

Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon?

Aren’t his sisters here with us?”

And they took offence at him.

3 References to the Elect in Matthew 24

Matthew 24:22, 24 and 31

22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

15 Types of offering specified in Exodus 25:1-7

Exodus 25:1-7

The Lord said to Moses,“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. These are the offerings you are to receive from them:

gold,

silver

and bronze;

blue,

purple

and scarlet yarn

and fine linen;

goat hair;

ram skins dyed red 

and another type of durable leather;

acacia wood;

olive oil for the light;

spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

and onyx stones

and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

3 categories of people God will destroy, Zephaniah 1:4-6

Zephaniah 1:4-6
“I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all who live in Jerusalem.
I will destroy every remnant of Baal worship in this place, the very names of the idolatrous priests—

those who bow down on the roofs to worship the starry host,
those who bow down and swear by the Lord and who also swear by Molek,
those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”

4 things God will sweep away from the face of the earth, Zephaiah 1:2, 3

Zephaniah 1:2, 3

“I will sweep away everything from the face of the earth,”

declares the Lord.

“I will sweep away both man and beast;

I will sweep away the birds in the sky

and the fish in the sea - 

and the idols that cause the wicked to stumble.”

4 ways God reciprocates virtues, Psalm 18:25,26

Psalm 18:25,26

To the faithful you show yourself faithful,

to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

to the pure you show yourself pure,

but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

4 types of leader condemned in Zephaniah 3:3,4

Zephaniah 3:3,4

Her officials within her are roaring lions;

her rulers are evening wolves, who leave nothing for the morning.

Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people.

Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

4 things about the city of oppressors in Zephaniah 3:2

Zephaniah 3:2

She obeys no one,

she accepts no correction.

She does not trust in the Lord,

she does not draw near to her God.