Interesting Facts about the Bible

Interesting Facts about the Bible

OLD TESTAMENT.NEW TESTAMENT.IN WHOLE BIBLE.

Number of books in392766

Number of chapters in9292601,189

Number of verses in23,2147,95931,173

Number of words in592,439181,253773,692

Number of letters in2,728,100838,3803,566,480

Middle book inProverbs.2 Thess.Micah and Nahum

Middle chapter ofJob 29:1-25.Rom 13:1-14; Rom 14:1-23.Psa 117:1-2.

Middle verse of2Ch 20:17.Act 17:17.Psa 118:8.

Shortest book inObadiah.3 John.3 John.

Shortest verse in1Ch 1:1.Joh 11:35.Joh 11:35.

Ezr 7:21 has all the letters of the alphabet except j.

Isa 37:1-38 and 2Ki 19:1-37 are alike; so are the last verses of 2 Chron. and the opening verses of Ezra.

The word Jehovah occurs 6853 times in the Bible; the word and 35,543 times in the Old Testament, and 6853 times in the New Testament The shortest chapter in the Bible is Psa 117:1-2.

Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible