"Our Daily Bread" Part II

1Kings 3:12, 16-28 Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, can think of no better way to determine the natural mother of a child in dispute than to threaten to divide the child in half. (Note: This does not take into account the possibility of mental derangement on the part of the natural mother.)

1Kings 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

1Kings 6:2, 2CH 3:3 Solomon's temple was only about ninety feet long by thirty feet wide, yet:
1Kings 5:15-16 153,300 persons were employed to build it.
1Kings 6:38 It took seven years to build.
1Chronicles 22:14 ~7,500,000 lbs. of gold and ~75,000,000 lbs. of silver were used.
1Chronicles 23:4 24,000 supervisors and 6,000 officials and judges were employed to manage it. (Note: Inasmuch as there seems to be uncertainty as to the exact weight of the biblical talent, some estimates place the weight of gold at more than 13,000,000 lbs. and the weight of silver at more than 116,000,000 lbs.)

1Kings 10:24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear his wisdom.

1Kings 17:2-6 The Lord commands ravens to bring bread and meat to Elijah.

1Kings 18:33-38 Fire consumes wet wood, stones, and dust, and "licks up" water.

2Kings 6:5-7 An iron axe head "swims" (or floats).

2Chronicles 9:23 All the kings on earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom.

2Kings 13:21 A man who is being buried comes alive after touching the bones of Elisha.

2Kings 16:2, 20, 18:1-2 Ahaz was thirty-six years old when he died. His twenty-five year old son Hezekiah succeeded him. Thus Ahaz was a ten or eleven year old father.

2Kings 19:35 (KJV) "...the angel of the Lord...smote...an hundred four score and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning ... they were all dead...."

2Kings 20:11 The shadow on a sun dial moves backwards.

2Chronicles 7:5, 8-9 Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep in one week. This is 845+ animals per hour, 14+ animals per minute, for seven days straight.

2Chronicles 21:20, 22:1-2 Ahaziah was forty-two when he became king; he succeeded his father, who died at the age of forty. Thus, Ahaziah was two years older than his father. 2CH 21:20, 22:1-2 Ahaziah was forty-two when he became king; he succeeded his father, who died at the age of forty. Thus, Ahaziah was two years older than his father. [Note: Some translations use "twenty-two" here in an attempt to rectify this discrepancy. The Hebrew is clear, however, that 2CH 22:2 is 42. The Hebrew words involved are Strong's H705 and H8147, "forty" and "two," respectively.]

2Cronicles 13:3 Abijah sent 400,000 men into battle against Jeroboam's 800,000 men. This is a total of 1,200,000 men, all of them Jews. (Note: Assuming one additional woman per man of fighting age, plus two persons per man [either older persons or children] would put the Jewish population of the surrounding area at a minimum of 4,800,000 persons; hardly feasible.)

2Chronicles 13:17 500,000 Israelites are slain in a single battle. (Note: This is more than were lost in any single battle of World War II, and even exceeds the number of deaths that resulted from the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.)