Books mentioned in the Bible that are not part of the "Today's Bible"

Books Mentioned, But Not Found, In The Bible
There are twenty-two books mentioned in the Bible, but not included. The variation is due to possible double mentions using differing names for the same book.

Book of Samuel the Seer
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

Nathan the Prophet
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Acts of Solomon
1 Kings 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Shemaiah the Prophet
2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Prophecy of Abijah
2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Story of Prophet Iddo
2 Chronicles 13:22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

Visions of Iddo the Seer
2 Chronicles 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Iddo Genealogies
2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

Book of Jehu
2 Chronicles 20:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

Sayings of the Seers Here
2 Chronicles 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.

Book of Enoch Here
Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

Book of Gad the Seer
1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

Epistle to Corinth Here
1 Corinthians 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:

Epistle to the Ephesians (Missing)
Ephesians 3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)

Epistle from Laodicea to the Colossians (Missing)
Colossians 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.

Nazarene Prophecy Source
Matthew 2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene

Acts of Uziah
2 Chronicles 26:22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.

The Annals of King David
1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. Wrath came on Israel on account of this numbering, and the number was not entered in the book of the annals of King David.

Jude, the Missing Epistle
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

The following information was sent to me by brother Ibrahim Wilson; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.

DOES THE QURAN HOLD IN VALIDITY IN STATING THAT THE TORAH WAS LOST OR CORRUPTED?

I have been reading with interest the last few exchanges regarding the reading of Jeremiah 8:8.

JEREMIAH 8:8
"How can you say,We are wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us'? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie,"
Note: ( Whenever you see that term 'law of the Lord' the Hebrew word is Torah.)

To me with all due respect to my Christian brethern I think what is stated is crystal clear. This will aslo hope to explain insh'Allah why Jesus a.s was always so hard on the SCRIBES!

I think for those who don't believe that the Torah was lost to posterity at one time would do good to read the following insh'Allah.

2 KINGS 22:8
"And Hiil-kiah, the high priest,said unto Shaphan, the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hil-kiah gave the book to Sha phan, and he read it."

"The accession of Josiah and his eagerness to restore the worship of Jehovah led to the renovation of the Temple, and in the course of this, B.C. 621, the book of Deuteronomy was discovered. The priest took it to the king, who joyfully welcomed it and set about putting its program of religious reformation into effect. The dramatic story is told in 2 Kings 22 and 23. Josiah put a stop to the idolatrous practices of the people,..." (Edgar J. Goodspeed 'How came the Bible?' pgs22-23)

The Holy Quran is not the only book claiming that some previous scripture was lost! The Bible does, on occasion, mention books now lost to posterity.

NUMBERS 21:14
"Wherefore it is said in the BOOK OF THE WARS OF THE LORD, What He did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon..."

Has any one during an Archeological dig(to prove the Bible) found this little gem?

I KINGS 11:41
"And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are not written in the BOOK OF THE ACTS OF SOLOMON?"

1 CHRONICLES 29:29
"Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written a BOOK OF SAMUEL THE SEER, and in the BOOK OF NATHAN THE PROPHET, and in the BOOK OF GAD THE SEER,.."

May Allah Almighty guide us all to the truth. Ameen. May Allah cause us to destroy our egos. Ameen. May Allah guide us if Christianity be the truth. Ameen. May Allah guide us if Islam be the truth. Ameen.

From https://www.answering-christianity.com/blog/index.php/topic,3151.msg15746.html#msg15746:

�God had taken a Covenant from the Children of Israel� But they broke their Covenant, so I cursed them and made their hearts hard. They changed the words from their original places and have forgotten a huge piece of what they were told to remember over and over again, so you will continue to find treachery against you or cheats from a few of them. Overlook this and forgive them because God loves those who excel in doing good. I had also took a Covenant from those who say: �We�re Christians,� but they too forgot part of what they were told to remember. So I released animosity and hatred among themselves until the Day of Judgement, when God will tell them what they used to manufacture.�

� The Quran, Surah Maidah 5:13-14

This will be a short and sweet post this time. In the verse of the Qur�an quoted above, God says that the Jews and Christians have forgotten a piece of the Scripture. Dr. Joel Hoffman in his book �The Bible�s Cutting Room Floor� states (emphasis mine):

�The Bible you usually read is the abridged version. Its contents were culled from a much larger selection of holy scriptures when new realities forced religious leaders to discard some of their most cherished and sacred books, resulting in what we now call the Bible. Some writings were left out for political or theological reasons, others simply because of the physical restrictions of ancient bookmaking technology. At times, the compilers of the Bible skipped information that they assumed everyone knew. Some passages were even omitted by accident. For these reasons and more, your Bible doesn�t give you a complete picture. [�]

In the end, correct answers to the question, How many books are in the Bible? range from thirty-three to seventy-eight. Yet even with seventy-eight books, more material was left out than was included. Additionally, different groups of people order the books of the Bible differently. The modern Jewish order is different from the traditional Jewish order. Christians put the Old Testament books into a third order yet. (For instance, Christians put Daniel near the other famous prophets like Ezekiel and Isaiah, to underscore his centrality. Jews marginalize Daniel by grouping him with the other �writings.�) The Apocrypha, too, appear variously as part of the Old Testament, as an addition to the Old Testament, or�as we just saw�not at all. Underlying all of these differences is the simple fact that there used to be lots of holy writings, and different groups of people compiled different collections of them to form a single book.�[1]

Today we�re going to look into various places in the Torah where references will be made to books that don�t exist in the present day Bible. Here are a few examples:

Moses (peace be upon him) quotes a verse to comfort Aaron (peace be upon him) that doesn�t exist in the Bible.[2]
The Book of the Wars of the Lord.[3]
The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Chronicles of the Kings of Judah.[4]
The �Book of Shemaiah, and of Iddo the Seer� (also called Story of the Prophet Iddo or The Annals of the Prophet Iddo.[5]
The Acts of Solomon.[6]
The Annals of King David.[7]
The Book of Nathan the Prophet.[8]
The book of Samuel the seer and the Book of Gad the Seer.[9]
The Story of the Book of Kings.[10]
The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.[11]
The Sayings of the Seers (or Sayings of Hozai, in the Masoretic Text).[12]
The Book of Jasher.[13]
The Laments for Josiah.[14]

So this leaves an interesting issue. Jews and Christians might argue that these are apocryphal books or that they don�t matter to the Bible�s overall message. There are two points to make:

If they are �apocryphal books� as some might claim, then why would the canon mention them?
We don�t know the impact the books would have to the message because we don�t have said books.

The Bible�s preservation as a whole is seriously called into question because as we have seen, lost texts are clearly mentioned within the official canon itself. And keep in mind these are only books we know of because as Dr. Hoffman stated:

�Some writings were left out for political or theological reasons��

God however will not allow mankind to remain unguided. After He tells of how the Jews and Christian forgot pieces of the Scripture, in the next verse of the Qur�an, He gives hope saying:

�People of the Scripture! My Messenger has come to you; clarifying what you used to keep hidden of the Scripture and who overlooks much of what you changed. A light has now come to you from God, along with a Scripture making things clear, which God uses to guide to the ways of peace, all who are looking to follow what pleases Him. Leading them from their various shades of darkness into the Light, by His will, and onto one straight path.�[15]

For anyone interested in more detail about this subject, I highly recommend Hoffman�s book. Check it out at your local library.

With that being said, I�m going to give a choice for what you guys want to hear about next. Leave a comment with your vote below.

The foretelling of the Caliphate in the Bible
Did the Prophet copy from the Bible?
Contentions against the story of the Crucifixion (aka The Passion of the Christ).

[1] Dr. Joel E. Hoffman, The Bible�s Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing From Your Bible (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2014). Kindle Edition.

[2] Leviticus 10:3.

[3] Numbers 21:14.

[4] 1 Kings 14:19, 29.

[5] 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 13:22.

[6] 1 Kings 11:41.

[7] 1 Chronicles 27:24.

[8] 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29.

[9] 1 Chronicles 29:29.

[10] 2 Chronicles 24:27.

[11] 2 Chronicles 32:32.

[12] 2 Chronicles 33:19.

[13] 2 Samuel 1:18, Joshua 10:13.

[14] 2 Chronicles 35:25.

[15] Surah Maidah, 5:16-17.

https://quranandbibleblog.wordpress.com/2018/04/21/missing-books-in-the-bible/