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BIBLE
FACTS:
The system of chapters was introduced in A.D. 1238 by Cardinal Hugo
de S. Caro, while the verse notations were added in 1551 by
Robertus Stephanus, after the advent of printing.
A Bible in the University of
Gottingen is written
on 2,470 palm leaves.
According to statistics from
Wycliffe
International, the Society of
Gideons, and the International Bible Society, the number of new
Bibles that are sold, given away, or otherwise distributed in the
United States is about 168,000 per day.
The Bible can be read aloud in
70 hours.
There are 8,674 different Hebrew
words in the
Bible, 5,624 different Greek words, and 12,143 different English
words in the King James
Version.
A number of verses in the Bible
(KJV) contain all
but 1 letter of the
alphabet: Ezra 7:21 contains all but the letter j; Joshua
7:24,
1 Kings 1:9, 1 Chronicles 12:40, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel
28:13,
Daniel 4:37, and Haggai 1:1 contain all but q; 2 Kings 16:15
and
1 Chronicles 4:10 contain all but x; and Galatians 1:14 contains
all
but k.
BIBLE
STATISTICS (King James Authorized):
Number of books in the Bible: 66
Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,102
Words: 783,137
Letters: 3,116,480
Number of promises given in the Bible: 1,260
Commands: 6,468
Predictions: over 8,000
Fulfilled prophecy: 3,268 verses
Unfulfilled prophecy: 3,140
Number of questions: 3,294
Longest name: Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaiah 8:1)
Longest verse: Esther 8:9 (78 words)
Shortest verse: John 11:35 (2 words: "Jesus wept"). This is
the
King James Bible. Some Bibles might be Job 3:2 (Job said.)
but
King James has that as "Job answered" which is longer than Jesus wept.
Middle books: Micah and Nahum
Middle verse: Psalm 103:2-3
Middle chapter: Psalm 117
Shortest chapter (by number of words): Psalm 117 (by number of words)
Longest book: Psalms (150 chapters)
Shortest book (by number of words): 3 John
Longest chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses)
Number of times the word "God" appears: 4,094
Number of times the word "Lord" appears: 6,781
Number of different authors: 40
Number of languages the Bible has been translated into: over
1,200
OLD
TESTAMENT STATISTICS (King James Authorized):
Number of books: 39
Chapters: 929
Verses: 23,145
Words: 602,585
Letters: 2,278,100
Middle book: Proverbs
Middle chapter: Job 20
Middle verses: 2 Chronicles 20:17,18
Smallest book: Obadiah
Shortest verse: 1 Chronicles 1:25
Longest verse: Esther 8:9
Longest chapter: Psalms 119
Largest book: Psalms
NEW
TESTAMENT STATISTICS:
Number of books: 27
Chapters: 260
Verses: 7,957
Words: 180,552
Letters: 838,380
Middle book: 2 Thessalonians
Middle chapters: Romans 8, 9
Middle verse: Acts 27:17
Smallest book: 3 John
Shortest verse: John 11:35
Longest verse: Revelation 20:4
Longest chapter: Luke 1
Largest book: Luke
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