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The age at which Methuselah the longest-lived patriarch, died969 (Genesis 5:27)
The number of animals that Solomon sacrificed in the dedication ceremony for the Temple142,000 (22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep [1 Kings 8:63])

The age at which Methuselah the longest-lived patriarch, died	969 (Genesis 5:27)
The number of animals that Solomon sacrificed in the dedication ceremony for the Temple	142,000 (22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep [1 Kings 8:63])
Length of time that the sun stood still for Joshua at the battle of Gibeon	1 day (Joshua 10:13)
The amount of silver paid to Judes to betray Jesus	30 pieces (Matthew 26:15), estimated by some scholars to be the typical earnings from 120 days of work at that time
Height of Goliath	6 cubits and a span (1 Samuel 17:4), estimated to be 9 feet, 9 inches, based on an 18-inch cubit and a 9-inch span
Height of Mt. Tabor	About 1,750 feet above sea level
Length of the Siloam tunnel, which King Hezekiah excavated to insure Jerusalem’s water supply during the siege by Sennacherib of Assyria	1,750 feet, give or take a few feet
Number of Jesus’ post-resurrection appearances recorded in the New Testament	17
Number of adult male Israelites who, according to the Bible, left Egypt during the Exodus	About 600,000 (Exodus 12:37)
Number of references to the name of God in the Book of Esther	0
The annual interest rate for loans of silver, according to ancient Mesopotamian law	20 percent
Moses’ age at the beginning of the Exodus	80. Moses died at the age of 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7), and the Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 8:2).