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Bible facts: August
A fact for each day of August, as the app shows it as «Fact of the day» in 2026, with its verse in the Berean Standard Bible.
- August 1
Lamech, a descendant of Cain, is the first man the Bible says married two wives: Adah and Zillah.
Gen 4:19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
- August 2
Antioch on the Orontes, where the disciples were first called Christians, lay about 500 km north of Jerusalem and was one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire.
Acts 11:26See the placeand when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- August 3
Jeremiah notes that the stork knows her seasons and other birds keep their time of migration. Hundreds of millions of birds pass over the land of Israel each spring and autumn.
Jer 8:7Topic: BirdsEven the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
- August 4
At festive meals guests reclined on couches, leaning on one elbow, so the disciple at Jesus’ side could simply lean back against him to ask a question.
John 13:23–25Topic: Tables and MealsOne of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side. So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about. Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”
- August 5
The text names Job’s three daughters but not his seven sons, and he gave his daughters an inheritance along with their brothers.
Job 42:14He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
- August 6
Near the end of Galatians, Paul takes the pen himself and points out that he is now writing to his readers with his own hand.
Gal 6:11See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!
- August 7
The name Lebanon comes from the Semitic word for “white,” probably for the snow on its peaks — Jeremiah asks whether the snow of Lebanon ever leaves its slopes.
Jer 18:14See the placeDoes the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
- August 8
In temple music as Chronicles describes it, bronze cymbals were the only percussion — and the three chief musicians, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, played them.
1 Chr 15:19Read the articleThe musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
- August 9
In 1996 a stone inscription found at Tel Miqne named the city as Ekron and its ruler as Achish. It settled where one of the five Philistine cities had stood.
Josh 13:3from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- August 10
Gideon’s army was cut down to just 300 men — those who lapped the water — and the rest were sent home.
Judg 7:7Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
- August 11
Israelites sewed tassels on the four corners of their garments, each with a cord of blue — a violet shade of the costly dye made from sea snails.
Num 15:38Read the article“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- August 12
The two Hebrew midwives who would not obey the king of Egypt are named — Shiphrah and Puah — but the king himself is not.
Exod 1:15Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
- August 13
The books of the Bible were written without chapters. The chapter divisions used today go back to Stephen Langton, a teacher in Paris and later Archbishop of Canterbury, in the early 13th century.
Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- August 14
A mustard seed is only about 1 millimeter across, yet black mustard in the fields of Galilee can grow taller than a person in a single season.
Matt 13:31–32Read the articleHe put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field. Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
- August 15
When Babylon took Jerusalem in 597 BC, it carried off 7,000 fighting men and 1,000 craftsmen and metalsmiths into exile.
2 Kgs 24:16Read the articleThe king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
- August 16
Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from Thyatira, invited Paul and his companions to stay in her house at Philippi.
Acts 16:14Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
- August 17
Samson’s riddle at his wedding feast — “Out of the eater came something to eat” — was about bees that had made honey in the carcass of a lion.
Judg 14:14Topic: RiddlesSo he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
- August 18
In Solomon’s day a chariot from Egypt cost 600 shekels of silver and a horse 150 — about 7 kilograms and 1.7 kilograms of silver.
1 Kgs 10:29Read the articleA chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
- August 19
The Gershonites got two carts and four oxen for the tabernacle’s curtains, the Merarites four carts and eight oxen for its frames, but the Kohathites none: they carried the holy objects on their shoulders.
Num 7:7–9Read the articleHe gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required, and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- August 20
Terah and Abram set out from the land of the Chaldeans, in today’s southern Iraq, and settled at Haran, about 900 km away in a straight line; Shechem in Canaan lay some 620 km farther.
Gen 11:31See the placeAnd Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- August 21
Samson caught 300 foxes and tied torches between their tails. The Hebrew word shu’al covers jackals too, and many think jackals, which live in packs, are meant.
Judg 15:4Topic: FoxesThen Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.
- August 22
John the Baptist wore camel’s hair and ate locusts and wild honey. Locusts were among the few insects the Law of Moses allowed as food.
Matt 3:4Read the articleJohn wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- August 23
Absalom cut his hair once a year, when it grew too heavy, and it weighed 200 shekels — about 2.3 kilograms.
2 Sam 14:26And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
- August 24
Nehemiah found that half the children of some families in Judah spoke the language of Ashdod or of other peoples and could not speak the language of Judah.
Neh 13:24See the placeHalf of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.
- August 25
From the top of Carmel, Elijah sent his servant again and again to look toward the sea; the seventh time he saw a small cloud rising from the sea.
1 Kgs 18:43–44See the place“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
- August 26
A newly married man was exempt from war and from any other duty for a year, so that he could stay at home and make his wife happy.
Deut 24:5If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
- August 27
A black stone obelisk of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III, found at Nimrud in 1846, shows a man bowing low with tribute from “Jehu” — either the king of Israel himself or his envoy.
2 Kgs 10:36So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
- August 28
In the synagogue at Nazareth, Jesus was handed the scroll of Isaiah. He unrolled it to find his passage, then rolled it up and gave it back to the attendant.
Luke 4:17–20Read the articlethe scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
- August 29
Hours of daylight were counted from sunrise, so the workers hired at the eleventh hour started at about 5 p.m. — with one hour left — and still got a full denarius.
Matt 20:9Read the articleThe workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.
- August 30
Jubal is the first musician the Bible names: the father of all who play musical instruments.
Gen 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- August 31
While his companions sailed from Troas, Paul went to Assos on foot — about 33 km in a straight line — and boarded the ship there.
Acts 20:13We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
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Berean Standard Bible · Public domain