Humblest: Moses
Numbers 12:3—“Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.” Moses is credited as the author of Numbers.
Healthiest: Daniel
Daniel 1:15—“At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.”
Strongest: Samson
Judges 15:15—“And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, and with it he struck 1000 men.”
Tallest: Goliath
1 Samuel 17:4—“A champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp. His height was six cubits and a span.” That’s nearly three metres!
Most prolific: Paul
Although Paul wrote the most books in the Bible—12 books with a total of 32,408 words—Moses is credited with more words, writing the first five books, one psalm and 125,139 words!
Oldest: Methuselah
Genesis 5:27: “Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died.”
Most pets: Noah
Genesis 7:8,9—“Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.”
Richest: Solomon
1 Kings 10:23—“King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.”
Fattest: Eglon
“Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man . . . And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly”. Full story found in Judges 3:14-29.
Most encouraging: Barnabas
Acts 4:36—“Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means ‘son of encouragement’).” Given his nickname for a reason, Paul may not have got as far as he did without the help of Barnabas. He vouched for Paul after his conversion and the Holy Spirit even picked him to accompany Paul.
