Bible - General Statistics

(The Authorized King James Version)

 

 

Total Number of Books

1. The Holy Bible -- 66

2. Old Testament -- 39

3. New Testament -- 27

Total Number of Chapters

1. The Holy Bible -- 1,189

2. Old Testament -- 929

3. New Testament -- 260

Total Number of Verses (KJV)

  1. The Holy Bible -- 31,173

  2. Old Testament -- 23,214

  3. New Testament -- 7,959

Total Number of Words (KJV)

  1. The Holy Bible -- 773,692

  2. Old Testament -- 592,439

  3. New Testament -- 181,253

Total Number of Letters (KJV)

  1. The Holy Bible -- 3,566,480

  2. Old Testament -- 2,728,100

  3. New Testament -- 838,380

The Middle Book

  1. The Holy Bible -- Micah and Nahum

  2. Old Testament -- Proverbs

  3. New Testament -- 2 Thessalonians

The Middle Chapter

  1. The Holy Bible -- Psalms. 117

  2. Old Testament -- Job 20

  3. New Testament -- Romans 8,9

The Middle Verse

  1. The Holy Bible -- Psalms. 118:8

  2. Old Testament -- 2 Chr. 20:17,18

  3. New Testament -- Acts 27:17

The Largest Book

  1. The Holy Bible -- Psalms

  2. Old Testament -- Psalms

  3. New Testament -- Luke

The Smallest Book

  1. The Holy Bible -- 3 John (counting words)

  2. Old Testament -- Obadiah

  3. New Testament -- 3 John (counting words)

The Longest Chapter

  1. The Holy Bible -- Psalms. 119

  2. Old Testament -- Psalms. 119

  3. New Testament -- Luke 1

The Shortest Chapter

  1. The Holy Bible -- Psalms 117

  2. Old Testament -- Psalms 117

  3. New Testament --

The Longest Verse

  1. The Holy Bible -- Esther 8:9 -- 89 words, 425 letters

  2. Old Testament -- Esther 8:9 -- 89 words, 425 letters

  3. New Testament -- Rev. 20:4 -- 68 words, 282 letters

The Shortest Verse

  1. The Holy Bible -- John 11:35

  2. Old Testament -- 1 Chr. 1:25

  3. New Testament -- John 11:35

General Facts - Bible Chapters

  1. Longest Chapter -- Psalms 119

  2. Shortest Chapter -- Psalms 117

  3. Most Comforting Chapters -- Psalms 23, John 14

  4. Love Chapter -- 1 Corinthians 13

  5. Faith Chapter -- Hebrews 11

  6. New Testament Formation -- Acts 2

  7. Alike Chapters -- 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37

General Facts - Bible Verses

  1. Longest Verse -- Esther 8:9

  2. Shortest Verse -- John 11:35

  3. Most Precious Verse -- John 3:16

  4. Saddest Verse -- Mark 15:34

  5. Grandest Verse -- Romans 8:11

The Longest Name

  1. The Holy Bible -- MAHER-SHAL-HASH-BAZ (Isa. 8:1, 18 letters)

Some Other Interesting Facts

  1. Number of Authors -- 40

  2. The Garden verse of the scripture -- Num. 11:5

  3. The Metal verse of the scripture -- Ezek. 22:19

  4. Word "God" occurs -- 4,370 times

  5. Word "Jehovah" occurs -- 6,855 times

  6. Word "Lord" occurs -- 7,736 times

  7. First complete English Bible published -- 1380 A.D.

  8. First chapter divisions made -- 1227 A.D.

  9. Longest Word -- Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)

  10. The Greatest Word -- JESUS

  11. These Words appears only once in Bible -- Reverend (Psalms 111:9) -- Eternity (Isaiah 57:15) -- Grandmother (2 Timothy 1:5)

Some of the Modern Inventions in Bible Prophecy

  1. Automobile -- Nahum 2:4

  2. Atomic Energy -- Genesis 19:24-28 -- Isaiah 24:20 -- Micah 1;4 -- 2 Peter 3:10-12

  3. Airplane -- Isaiah 31;5 -- Isaiah 60:8 -- Jeremiah 48:40 -- Ezekiel 1:9

  4. Radio -- Job 38:34-35 -- Psalms 19:3-4 -- Romans 10:18

Did You Know These Before?

  1. Father of 88 Children -- 2 Chronicles 11:21

  2. Jesus used barber on enemies -- Isaiah 7:20

  3. Seven women want same man -- Isaiah 4:1

  4. God had a wash pot -- Psalms 60:6-8

  5. Ancient Milk Bottle -- Judges 4:19

  6. First left handed man -- Judges 3:15 http://www.tribulation.com/kjvbible.htm

  7. Who can be Saved -- John 3:16 -- Acts 2:37-39

For information on the origin of the King James Bible click here.

A note from the author: This ministry does not take a KJV only position, but prefers to use it because of its majority acceptance by the Christian community.

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