Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see.

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

There were ninety-six pomegranate-shaped ornaments on the sides; in all there were one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments over the latticework that went around it.

What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?

“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.

In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: ‘Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet,

Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, “Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”

King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel – twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.

the descendants of Gibbar: 95.

the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

Now Abraham was 99 years old when he was circumcised;

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98;

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.

The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was 895 years, and then he died.

From the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel. Their relatives numbered 690.

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.