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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
z; and Galatians 1:14 contains
all
but k. BIBLE STATISTICS:
Number of books in the Bible: 66
Chapters: 1,189
Verses: 31,101
Words: 783,137 Letters:
3,566,480
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").
Middle books: Micah and
Nahum
Middle verse: Psalm 118:8
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: 3,358 Number of
times the word
"Lord" appears: 7,736 Number of different authors:
40
Number of languages the Bible
has been translated into: over
1,200
OLD TESTAMENT STATISTICS: Number of books: 39
Chapters: 929
Verses: 23,114
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