Things you don't hear about

Seldom told

40 things the Bible tells plainly that are seldom told, in Bible order. Each is given in the King James words, with where to read it in place. Every verse here is checked word for word against the King James before the site goes up.

  • Enoch did not die: God took him

    Genesis 5:24 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24

    What came of it

    By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; Hebrews 11:5

    Read it: Genesis 5:21-24

  • Noah drunk and uncovered in his tent

    Genesis 9:21 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Genesis 9:21

    What came of it

    And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. Genesis 9:25

    Noah said this when he awoke and knew what his younger son had done (9:24).

    Read it: Genesis 9:20-27

  • Lot's wife becomes a pillar of salt

    Genesis 19:26 and 6 moreRead the verses
    But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26

    What came of it

    look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. Genesis 19:17

    This is what they had been told before (19:17).

    Who else looked, and what Jesus said

    The text does not say Lot looked back. The next morning Abraham looked, from far off, from the place where he had stood before the LORD:

    And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: Genesis 19:27
    And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Genesis 19:28

    Jesus spoke of her, of the day when the Son of man is revealed:

    In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Luke 17:31
    Remember Lot’s wife. Luke 17:32
    Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Luke 17:33

    Read it: Genesis 19:15-26

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  • Lot's daughters make their father drunk and lie with him

    Genesis 19:33 and 3 moreRead the verses
    And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Genesis 19:33
    Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Genesis 19:36

    What came of it

    And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Genesis 19:37
    And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Genesis 19:38

    The text records no punishment; it records their sons.

    Read it: Genesis 19:30-38

  • Jacob tells his blind father he is Esau

    Genesis 27:19 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; Genesis 27:19

    What came of it

    And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. Genesis 27:41

    Read it: Genesis 27:1-29

  • Jacob works seven years for Rachel and is given Leah

    Genesis 29:25 and 3 moreRead the verses
    And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? Genesis 29:25
    And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Genesis 29:26
    and served with him yet seven other years. Genesis 29:30

    What came of it

    And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. Genesis 31:7

    The text records no punishment of Laban; Jacob speaks these words to Leah and Rachel.

    Read it: Genesis 29:15-30

  • Jacob wrestles all night and his thigh is put out of joint

    Genesis 32:24 and 3 moreRead the verses
    And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Genesis 32:24
    and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. Genesis 32:25

    What came of it

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 32:28
    and he halted upon his thigh. Genesis 32:31

    Read it: Genesis 32:24-32

  • Reuben lies with his father's concubine

    Genesis 35:22 and 2 moreRead the verses
    that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Genesis 35:22

    What came of it

    Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; Genesis 49:4
    but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: 1 Chronicles 5:1

    Read it: Genesis 35:22

  • Judah and Tamar, his daughter in law, her face covered

    Genesis 38:15 and 2 moreRead the verses
    When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. Genesis 38:15
    (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) Genesis 38:16

    What came of it

    And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. Genesis 38:26

    The text records no punishment; it records what Judah said.

    Read it: Genesis 38:12-30

  • The earth opens and swallows Korah's men and their houses

    Numbers 16:32 and 2 moreRead the verses
    And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. Numbers 16:32
    They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, Numbers 16:33

    What came of it

    then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. Numbers 16:30

    Moses said this before it happened (16:28-30).

    Read it: Numbers 16:28-35

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  • Fiery serpents, and a serpent of brass on a pole

    Numbers 21:6 and 2 moreRead the verses
    And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Numbers 21:6
    And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Numbers 21:9

    What came of it

    and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 2 Kings 18:4

    Read it: Numbers 21:4-9

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  • Balaam's donkey speaks

    Numbers 22:28 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? Numbers 22:28

    What came of it

    Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. Numbers 31:8

    Read it: Numbers 22:21-35

  • King Og's iron bed, nine cubits long

    Deuteronomy 3:11 and 2 moreRead the verses
    his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; Deuteronomy 3:11
    nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, Deuteronomy 3:11

    What came of it

    So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. Deuteronomy 3:3

    A cubit is about a foot and a half.

    Read it: Deuteronomy 3:11

  • The sun stands still about a whole day

    Joshua 10:13 and 1 moreRead the verses
    So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. Joshua 10:13

    What came of it

    And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Joshua 10:13

    Read it: Joshua 10:12-14

  • Ehud's dagger: the fat closed upon the blade

    Judges 3:21 and 2 moreRead the verses
    And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: Judges 3:21
    And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. Judges 3:22

    What came of it

    So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. Judges 3:30

    Read it: Judges 3:15-25

  • Jael drives a tent nail through Sisera's temples

    Judges 4:21 and 2 moreRead the verses
    Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: Judges 4:21

    What came of it

    So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. Judges 4:23
    Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. Judges 5:24

    Read it: Judges 4:17-22

  • Gideon's fleece, wet and dry

    Judges 6:37 and 1 moreRead the verses
    Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, Judges 6:37

    What came of it

    Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. Judges 8:28

    Read it: Judges 6:36-40

  • Samson ties 300 foxes tail to tail with firebrands

    Judges 15:4 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Judges 15:4

    What came of it

    And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. Judges 15:6

    Read it: Judges 15:3-5

  • The Levite's concubine, abused all night

    Judges 19:25 and 3 moreRead the verses
    so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: Judges 19:25
    he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. Judges 19:29

    What came of it

    Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken Judges 20:13
    And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: Judges 20:35

    Read it: Judges 19:22-30

  • David brings 200 Philistine foreskins as a bride price

    1 Samuel 18:27 and 1 moreRead the verses
    and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. 1 Samuel 18:27

    What came of it

    And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. 1 Samuel 18:27

    Read it: 1 Samuel 18:25-27

  • Saul goes to a woman with a familiar spirit at Endor

    1 Samuel 28:7 and 2 moreRead the verses
    Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, 1 Samuel 28:7
    And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: 1 Samuel 28:12

    What came of it

    So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 1 Chronicles 10:13

    Read it: 1 Samuel 28:7-20

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  • Uzzah touches the ark and dies

    2 Samuel 6:6 and 3 moreRead the verses
    Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 2 Samuel 6:6
    And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 2 Samuel 6:7

    What came of it

    So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 2 Samuel 6:10
    And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. 2 Samuel 6:11

    Read it: 2 Samuel 6:6-8

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  • David sees Bathsheba from the roof and takes her

    2 Samuel 11:2 and 6 moreRead the verses
    and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 2 Samuel 11:2
    And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; 2 Samuel 11:4

    What came of it

    thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, 2 Samuel 12:9
    Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; 2 Samuel 12:10
    And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 2 Samuel 12:13
    the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 2 Samuel 12:14
    And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. 2 Samuel 12:18

    Read it: 2 Samuel 11

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  • Amnon forces his sister Tamar

    2 Samuel 13:14 and 2 moreRead the verses
    Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 2 Samuel 13:14

    What came of it

    Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: 2 Samuel 13:28
    for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 2 Samuel 13:32

    Read it: 2 Samuel 13:1-22

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  • Absalom caught in an oak by his head

    2 Samuel 18:9 and 1 moreRead the verses
    and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; 2 Samuel 18:9

    What came of it

    O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! 2 Samuel 18:33

    The King James says "his head". That it was his hair is often told, but the verse does not say so.

    Read it: 2 Samuel 18:9-15

  • A giant with six fingers and six toes

    2 Samuel 21:20 and 1 moreRead the verses
    that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 2 Samuel 21:20

    What came of it

    And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 2 Samuel 21:21

    Read it: 2 Samuel 21:20-21

  • Elijah taken up by a whirlwind, with a chariot of fire

    2 Kings 2:11 and 1 moreRead the verses
    behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:11

    What came of it

    they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 2 Kings 2:15

    Read it: 2 Kings 2:1-12

  • Two she bears and forty two children

    2 Kings 2:23 and 1 moreRead the verses
    there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 2 Kings 2:23
    And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 2 Kings 2:24

    What came of it

    The text records nothing more about them.

    The King James says "tare", that is, tore.

    Read it: 2 Kings 2:23-25

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  • An iron axe head floats

    2 Kings 6:6Read the verse
    And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 2 Kings 6:6

    What came of it

    The text records nothing more.

    Read it: 2 Kings 6:1-7

  • A dead man revives when he touches Elisha's bones

    2 Kings 13:21Read the verse
    and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 2 Kings 13:21

    What came of it

    The text records nothing more about the man.

    Read it: 2 Kings 13:20-21

  • 185,000 Assyrians dead in one night

    2 Kings 19:35 and 1 moreRead the verses
    the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 2 Kings 19:35

    What came of it

    that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: 2 Kings 19:37

    Read it: 2 Kings 19:35-37

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  • The shadow goes ten degrees backward on the dial

    2 Kings 20:11 and 1 moreRead the verses
    and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. 2 Kings 20:11

    What came of it

    And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; 2 Kings 20:6

    Read it: 2 Kings 20:8-11

  • The valley of dry bones stands up

    Ezekiel 37:7 and 2 moreRead the verses
    and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. Ezekiel 37:7
    and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. Ezekiel 37:10

    What came of it

    Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: Ezekiel 37:11

    Read it: Ezekiel 37:1-10

  • Nebuchadnezzar eats grass like oxen

    Daniel 4:33 and 1 moreRead the verses
    and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. Daniel 4:33

    What came of it

    At the same time my reason returned unto me; Daniel 4:36

    Read it: Daniel 4:28-37

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  • Graves open and the bodies of saints go into the city

    Matthew 27:52 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Matthew 27:52
    And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matthew 27:53

    What came of it

    The text records nothing more about them.

    Read it: Matthew 27:50-53

  • A young man flees naked when Jesus is taken

    Mark 14:51 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; Mark 14:51
    And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. Mark 14:52

    What came of it

    The text records nothing more about him.

    Read it: Mark 14:51-52

  • Ananias and Sapphira fall down dead

    Acts 5:5 and 2 moreRead the verses
    And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: Acts 5:5
    Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: Acts 5:10

    What came of it

    thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. Acts 5:4

    Peter’s words to Ananias, just before (5:3-4).

    Read it: Acts 5:1-11

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  • The sick laid in the street for Peter's shadow; Paul's handkerchiefs

    Acts 5:15 and 2 moreRead the verses
    that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. Acts 5:15
    So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, Acts 19:12

    What came of it

    and they were healed every one. Acts 5:16

    Read it: Acts 5:12-16, Acts 19:11-12

  • Herod eaten of worms

    Acts 12:23 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. Acts 12:23

    What came of it

    But the word of God grew and multiplied. Acts 12:24

    Read it: Acts 12:20-23

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  • Eutychus falls asleep in a sermon and falls from the window

    Acts 20:9 and 2 moreRead the verses
    and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Acts 20:9
    Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. Acts 20:10

    What came of it

    And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. Acts 20:12

    Read it: Acts 20:7-12