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• JanuaryGoliath’s coat of mail weighed 5,000 shekels — about 57 kilograms, more than many grown…
• FebruaryDeborah is the only woman among the judges of Israel. She held court under a palm tree…
• MarchPurple, worn by the rich man in Jesus’ parable, was the costliest dye of the ancient…
• AprilThe notice on Jesus’ cross was written in three languages — Hebrew, Latin, and Greek …
• MayMoses’ mother set him by the Nile in a basket of gome, papyrus in Hebrew — the same…
• JuneAt Dan, a town Aramean armies attacked, pieces of an Aramaic victory stone were found in…
• JulyThe two stone tablets Moses carried down the mountain were inscribed on both sides…
• AugustLamech, a descendant of Cain, is the first man the Bible says married two wives: Adah…
• SeptemberMicah speaks of baldness like that of the nesher, the bird usually translated “eagle.”…
• OctoberFor three weeks of mourning, Daniel ate no rich food, no meat or wine, and did not…
• NovemberThe only writing the Bible credits to the prophet Elijah is a letter, which reached King…
• DecemberThe Jordan overflows its banks at harvest time in spring, swollen by winter rain and the…

The days of 2026 leave out these facts; they come in another year.

• The town of Dan, once called Laish, stood by the largest of the springs that feed the Jordan, at the northern edge of Israel’s land.

  Judg 18:29They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
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