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Bible facts: September
A fact for each day of September, as the app shows it as «Fact of the day» in 2026, with its verse in the Berean Standard Bible.
- September 1
Micah speaks of baldness like that of the nesher, the bird usually translated “eagle.” It often seems to mean the griffon vulture, whose head has only short white down.
Mic 1:16Topic: EaglesShave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.
- September 2
The Pharisee in Jesus’ parable fasts twice a week. Ancient Jewish writings name Monday and Thursday as the customary days for fasting.
Luke 18:12Topic: FastingI fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
- September 3
Ebed-melech, a royal official from Cush, pulled Jeremiah out of a muddy cistern with ropes, padded with old rags.
Jer 38:11Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.
- September 4
In his letter to Philemon, Paul writes a promise in his own hand to repay whatever Onesimus owes — much like a signed IOU.
Phlm 1:18–19But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
- September 5
The Bible’s “Salt Sea” is the Dead Sea, the lowest place on land on earth — more than 400 meters below sea level — and almost 10 times saltier than the ocean.
Gen 14:3See the placeThe latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
- September 6
The first Passover was eaten in haste by people fully dressed for travel, with sandals on their feet and staff in hand.
Exod 12:11Read the articleThis is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
- September 7
At Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer, the three cities named together here, archaeologists found city gates built to the same plan, with six chambers. Whether all three date to Solomon is debated.
1 Kgs 9:15See the placeThis is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
- September 8
In Ephesus, Paul held daily discussions in the lecture hall of a man named Tyrannus, and kept on for two years.
Acts 19:9–10See the placeBut when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
- September 9
The soldiers split Jesus’ garments four ways, one share each, but his tunic was seamless, woven in one piece, so they cast lots for it rather than tear it.
John 19:23–24Read the articleWhen the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
- September 10
Joshua was first called Hoshea. Moses gave him the name Joshua when he sent him with the 12 spies into Canaan.
Num 13:16These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
- September 11
The New Testament was first printed with numbered verses in 1551, in a Greek edition by the French printer Robert Estienne. His numbering is still the basis of the one used today.
Matt 1:1This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham:
- September 12
Solomon spoke of plants “from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall.” This hyssop was probably Syrian marjoram, still the main herb in za’atar.
1 Kgs 4:33Read the articleHe spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.
- September 13
In Ephesus a silversmith named Demetrius made silver shrines of Artemis, and his trade brought plenty of business to the city’s craftsmen.
Acts 19:24It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
- September 14
Philip the evangelist, who hosted Paul in Caesarea, had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
Acts 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
- September 15
In the wilderness Israel sang a short song to a well, praising the well that the leaders of the people had dug.
Num 21:17–18Topic: WellsThen Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it! The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,
- September 16
The crown David took from the king of Rabbah weighed a talent of gold — some 30 kilograms — and it was placed on David’s own head.
2 Sam 12:30Read the articleThen he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
- September 17
The tabernacle’s courtyard measured 100 by 50 cubits — about 45 by 22 meters — and was fenced with linen curtains 5 cubits, about 2.2 meters, high.
Exod 27:18Read the articleThe entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
- September 18
Sent from Hebron to his brothers at Shechem, about 80 km north in a straight line, Joseph had to walk about 20 km farther to find them at Dothan.
Gen 37:17See the place“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
- September 19
As a shepherd, David killed both lions and bears that carried off lambs from his father’s flock. The Syrian brown bear lived in the hills of the land until the 20th century.
1 Sam 17:34Topic: BearsDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
- September 20
The boy’s five loaves were barley loaves. Barley bread was the bread of the poor; bread of fine wheat flour was for guests and the rich.
John 6:9Read the article“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
- September 21
Barzillai, who had supplied King David at Mahanaim, turned down a place at court: at 80, he said, he could no longer taste food or hear the singers.
2 Sam 19:35I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
- September 22
The longest psalm is an alphabet poem: 22 sections, one for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and all eight verses of a section begin with that letter.
Ps 119:9–16How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments. I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes. With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth. I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways. I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- September 23
Israel’s farming year hung on two rains: the autumn rains that softened the ground for sowing and the spring rains that filled out the grain before harvest.
Deut 11:14Topic: Rain and droughtthen I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
- September 24
The Assyrian army besieged Samaria, the capital of the kingdom of Israel, for three years; the city fell in about 722 BC.
2 Kgs 17:5See the placeThen the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
- September 25
Letters on pottery shards found in the gate of Lachish in 1935 date from the last years before the Babylonian conquest. In one, an officer writes that they watch for the signals of Lachish, “for we cannot see Azekah.”
Jer 34:7See the placeas the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.
- September 26
The first time anyone in the Bible is told to write something down, it is Moses, after the victory over Amalek: he is to record it as a reminder.
Exod 17:14Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
- September 27
Each of the six stone water jars at Cana held two or three measures — roughly 80 to 120 liters, or about 450 to 700 liters for all six.
John 2:6Read the articleNow six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- September 28
Genesis has two men named Enoch and two named Lamech: one of each in the line of Cain, and one of each in the line of Seth.
Gen 4:18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech.
- September 29
When Paul’s ship called at Rhodes, the island’s famous Colossus, a giant bronze statue of the sun god, had lain broken on the ground for nearly three centuries, since an earthquake.
Acts 21:1See the placeAfter we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
- September 30
The animal that Job says no one could harness to a plow, Hebrew re’em, was probably the aurochs, the wild ancestor of cattle. The last aurochs died in a Polish forest in 1627.
Job 39:9–10Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night? Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Sources
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain